Duveyoung wrote: > ...all of America will see our beloved > leaders calmly cherry picking amongst > the most vile of torture techniques like > they were picking out their favorite > doughnuts at Crispy Creme. > You need to stop with all the exagerations, Edg. The U.S. doesn't torture people. Maybe you should get some smarts and read the law. Torture means to inflict "severe physical or mental pain or suffering."
Splashing water on a terrorist's face in the shower hardly describes torture. According to the law in Iraq and Afghainistan, murder is punishable by a public hanging. Apparently you don't even know that the U.S. Senate already rejected a bill in 2006 to make "waterboarding" illegal. Abu Zubaydah was one of the highest ranking members of al Qaeda - Osama bin Laden's senior lieutenant. According to what I've read, Zubaydah had been involved in every major al Qaeda terrorist operation including 9/11, and was "planning future terrorist attacks" against the U.S.A. What would you do to stop him - hold his hand and pat him on the back? "Both memos noted that the legislative history of the 1994 torture statute was "scant." Neither house of Congress had hearings, debates or amendments, or provided clarification about terms such as "severe" or "prolonged mental harm." There is no record of Rep. Jerrold Nadler -- who now calls for impeachment and a criminal investigation of the lawyers -- trying to make any act (e.g., waterboarding) illegal, or attempting to lessen the specific intent standard..." Read more: 'Critics Still Haven't Read the 'Torture' Memos' By Victoria Toensing Wall Street Journal, May 16, 2009 http://tinyurl.com/qg9rqx The United Nations Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment: www.globallawbooks.org > > The Speaker's House it is not clean > > Torture advocating > > The truth obscured by blaming game > > And prevaricating > >
