Honoring Torturers and War Criminals
Dec 9, 2015 9:24:09 GMT -6
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Post by Rickster on Dec 9, 2015 9:24:09 GMT -6
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Now there was a time when I thought torture was ok for some of this terror suspects, and the crazies coming to kill us. I thought anyone that could cut the heads off of its disagreeing victims need to be tortured. Then as I thought with my head instead of my heart I realized this isn't the example I want the country I belong to, my country the one I grew up in with a great childhood with great parents, that provided a great living, in great conditions. This is the example I want the world to see. The kindness that I know exist in the people in America. The charitable citizens that do more with their money to help the world than anyone else.
This is why I say the only difference between republicans and democrats is the spelling, because at the end of the day, not only did democrats bring it to the attention of the public through the media they now approve and award the same despicable efforts.
Ditto, do as we say not as we do. This is yet another indication that my country has lost it's way, while it citizens sit back and enjoy the sound of crickets.
"As vice president, Dick Cheney was a prime architect of the worldwide torture regime implemented by the U.S. government (which extended far beyond waterboarding), as well as the invasion and destruction of Iraq, which caused the deaths of at least 500,000 people and more likely over a million. As such, he is one of the planet’s most notorious war criminals.
President Obama made the decision in early 2009 to block the Justice Department from criminally investigating and prosecuting Cheney and his fellow torturers, as well as to protect them from foreign investigations and even civil liability sought by torture victims. Obama did that notwithstanding a campaign decree that even top Bush officials are subject to the rule of law and, more importantly, notwithstanding a treaty signed in 1984 by Ronald Reagan requiring that all signatory states criminally prosecute their own torturers. Obama’s immunizing Bush-era torturers converted torture from a global taboo and decades-old crime into a reasonable, debatable policy question, which is why so many GOP candidates are now openly suggesting its use."
President Obama made the decision in early 2009 to block the Justice Department from criminally investigating and prosecuting Cheney and his fellow torturers, as well as to protect them from foreign investigations and even civil liability sought by torture victims. Obama did that notwithstanding a campaign decree that even top Bush officials are subject to the rule of law and, more importantly, notwithstanding a treaty signed in 1984 by Ronald Reagan requiring that all signatory states criminally prosecute their own torturers. Obama’s immunizing Bush-era torturers converted torture from a global taboo and decades-old crime into a reasonable, debatable policy question, which is why so many GOP candidates are now openly suggesting its use."
Now there was a time when I thought torture was ok for some of this terror suspects, and the crazies coming to kill us. I thought anyone that could cut the heads off of its disagreeing victims need to be tortured. Then as I thought with my head instead of my heart I realized this isn't the example I want the country I belong to, my country the one I grew up in with a great childhood with great parents, that provided a great living, in great conditions. This is the example I want the world to see. The kindness that I know exist in the people in America. The charitable citizens that do more with their money to help the world than anyone else.
"But now, the Obama administration has moved from legally protecting Bush-era war criminals to honoring and gushing over them in public. Yesterday, the House of Representatives unveiled a marble bust of former Vice President Cheney, which — until a person of conscience vandalizes or destroys it — will reside in Emancipation Hall of the U.S. Capitol.
At the unveiling ceremony, Cheney was, in the playful words of NPR, “lightly roasted” — as though he’s some sort of grumpy though beloved avuncular stand-up comic. Along with George W. Bush, one of the speakers in attendance was Vice President Joe Biden, who spoke movingly of Cheney’s kind and generous soul:"
At the unveiling ceremony, Cheney was, in the playful words of NPR, “lightly roasted” — as though he’s some sort of grumpy though beloved avuncular stand-up comic. Along with George W. Bush, one of the speakers in attendance was Vice President Joe Biden, who spoke movingly of Cheney’s kind and generous soul:"
"Yesterday, the U.S. government unambiguously signaled to the world that not only does it regard itself as entirely exempt from the laws of wars, the principal Nuremberg prohibition against aggressive invasions, and global prohibitions on torture (something that has been self-evident for many years), but believes that the official perpetrators should be honored and memorialized provided they engage in these crimes on behalf of the U.S. government."