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Politics : Don't Blame Me, I Voted For Kerry -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: ChinuSFO who wrote (70600)	11/20/2005 3:09:07 PM
From: Skywatcher	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 81568

Cheney 'Vice President for Torture' The Press Association Friday 18 November 2005 A former director of America's intelligence agency has branded the country's deputy leader a "vice president for torture". Admiral Stansfield Turner, who was in charge of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) during the 1970s, said Dick Cheney was overseeing torture policies of possible terrorist suspects and was damaging America's reputation by doing so. President George Bush and other leading members of the his administration have consistently denied that detainees suspected of belonging to al Qaida were tortured for information. But his opponents and human rights campaigners have claimed that many men taken captive in Iraq and Afghanistan by the US have been subjected to torture in order to extract information. Speaking on ITV news Admiral Turner said: "We have crossed the line into dangerous territory. "I am embarrassed that the USA has a vice president for torture. I think it is just reprehensible." He added: "He (Mr Cheney) advocates torture, what else is it? I just don't understand how a man in that position can take such a stance." Republican Senator John McCain has passed a provision to a defence Bill in the senate banning "cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment" of all US detainees. But the White House has apparently threatened to veto the measure if it is passed by the House of Representatives.

To: ChinuSFO who wrote (70600)	11/20/2005 3:24:27 PM
From: Orcastraiter	Respond to of 81568

Banning is for the neocons who wish to silence any and all who disagree with them. It's censorship of all by one. Bush would like to be a dictator cause it'd be a heck of a lot easier..."just so long as I'm the dictator". LOL! Ignoring is for progressives, who can only be expected to scrape shit off their shoes so many times. Progressives are always open to a lively discussion, but when it drops to the level of pap and name calling, then we can exercise our individual right to ignore. Orca