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Tuesday, April 21, 2009

WE DON'T TORTURE...except we did,

we just lied about it, and that makes it all right! Jon Stewart tells the truth. Again:

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And Peggy Noonan says "You gotta walk and don't look back." But Peter Tosh said it waaaay better, and he wasn't talking about torture:


8 comments:

Handsome B. Wonderful said...

I just wish the Obama admin. would investigate these crimes and throw people in prison if that's where the investigation leads. I'm disappointed with Obama on this one. Very disappointed.

Shaw Kenawe said...

I'm disappointed too, but there may be a method in Mr. Obama's handling of this.

He may be waiting for the American people to want to move forward with the investigation so that it will be what THEY want done and not seen as a partisan issue.

AdamS said...

The justification for not prosecuting those involved in torture is that they were 'just following orders'.

http://www.allgov.com/ViewNews/Obama__Torture_Okay_if_Just_Following_Orders_90418

By the same logic, the Nazis at Nuremburg should have been found innocent...

Handsome B. Wonderful said...

AND we not only tried Japanese soldiers for water boarding during WW2 but we hanged them for that crime.

Anonymous said...

They justify it all by saying that "IT WORKED" and Bush kept us safe and all that nonsense.

Arthurstone said...

Let's arrest John Yoo, Gonzo and Judge Bybee and water-board them until we can decide which charges to file!

TAO said...

I think we need to try Bybee and Yoo. They formulated the logic and I believe they need their day in court to see how the logic flies...

Arthurstone said...

That waterboarding really does the trick.

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/21/world/21detain.html?_r=1

I'll bet they got some dandy information from Khalid Shaikh Mohammed after about 150 or so episodes.

Ya think?