andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com — No war crimes were committed against McCain. And the techniques used are, according to the president, tools to extract accurate information. And so the false confessions that McCain was forced to make were, according to the logic of the Bush administration, as accurate as the "intelligence" we have procured from "interrogating" terror suspects.
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mrbuddyAug 20, 2008
Pardon Scooter--what about the 2 border guards sitting in prison??Bush doesn't have the decency to pardon them--the drug head was probably a Columbian friend of Chaney and Haliburtin.
solistusAug 20, 2008
No, they're not paid. They just get McCain Action Points or whatever the f**k they call 'em.
imnojezusAug 20, 2008
Sure is easy to define something as appropriate when you keep changing the rules. If McCain had a stroke due to hemorrhaging or extreme stress, and that is what caused his physical limitations, would that fact redefine what he went through as "properly administered interrogation technique"?Yes, some people probably deserve to be beaten to within an inch of their life, and I wouldn't be too upset if I knew that someone like Osama Bin Laden was one of them... but it's a terribly slippery slope, and a path we should avoid if America wants to maintain its status as a just country.
americanelitistAug 20, 2008
The real question is..."Does John McCain believe John McCain was tortured"?
onelessAug 23, 2008
“I have the Liberal Dictionary right here. Let's see how they define waterboarding: 'something done by the evil troops, who we don't support, to innocent terrorists violating their rights to bomb our cities and make us get gay married.'” –Jon Stewart