Posted by
Red Patriot on Sunday, March 09, 2008 3:03:06 PM
There has been much discussion on the difference between coercive interrogation and torture. President Bush recently retracted his original view on water boarding and, “accepted Sen. John McCain’s call for a law banning cruel, inhumane and degrading treatment of foreign suspects in the war on terror.” Associated Press (MSNBC)
Attorney General Michael Mukasey stated that water boarding could be regarded as torture if it were done to him.
“For everyone out there who has to have a definition, there it is," proclaimed [Stephen]Colbert. "Waterboarding is torture when it's done to Michael Mukasey. When it's done to everyone else, it is irresponsible to provide an answer." Mike Aivaz and Muriel Kane, Rawstory.com
Where do we find our definition of torture? Human rights groups would advocate that, “mildly coercive "stress" interrogation methods are clearly illegal and indistinguishable from torture.” National Journal
Or shall we be emotionally swayed by the clear message given by the TV show “Law and Order SVU”? In the episode “Harm,” a white American woman was helping at a refugee center where she met a woman whose husband Abbas, was detained in Iraq and tortured (by Americans). He then fled to the U.S. (the country from where his interrogators came). He was tortured again in the U.S. which led to a heart attack and subsequent death. SVU detectives questioned the physician overseeing the torture and then she was brought to trial for negligent homicide. Toward the end of the episode they show “victims” of torture telling of their experiences. Would the U.S. military take prisoners without just cause or suspicion?
Did we not lose some of the most beautiful buildings in New York City on September 11th along with thousands of lives that day? It turned out that this man Abbas who was tortured and died was the brother of a well known terrorist. Pass the Kleenex please. Oh my, these people are being tortured. We should stop such senseless acts and let these people come to bomb and destroy our way of life.
We are fighting the war on terror, not trying to preserve our oil rights in the Middle East as the unhappy Americans known as liberals would like to think. It is obvious that September 11th proved to the world that we have enemies that would rejoice in the annihilation of the American people. Why wouldn’t we use every method available to extract information from these crazed men?