How do you define "torture"? Neomie Emery takes up the topic of torture in the latest Weekly Standard and welcomes congressional hearings: http://tinyurl.com/cpy588 .
The truth about the torture issue is really a simple one. Had Obama been the one that ordered water-boarding there would be NO outcry from the left or from the right, but because it was Bush, and the flames of 9/11 have dimmed the left sees an opening to go after those on the right. Its all political plain and simple.
And Barry, or if you choose Barack, has little knowledge of history and the events of WWII as they related to torture. I leave you with a quote from Churchhill, since Barry choose to mention him in his reference to torture. "The whole history of the world is summed up in the fact that, when nations are strong, they are not always just, and when they wish to be just, they are no longer strong."
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The truth about the torture issue is really a simple one. Had Obama been the one that ordered water-boarding there would be NO outcry from the left or from the right, but because it was Bush, and the flames of 9/11 have dimmed the left sees an opening to go after those on the right. Its all political plain and simple.
ReplyDeleteAnd Barry, or if you choose Barack, has little knowledge of history and the events of WWII as they related to torture. I leave you with a quote from Churchhill, since Barry choose to mention him in his reference to torture. "The whole history of the world is summed up in the fact that, when nations are strong, they are not always just, and when they wish to be just, they are no longer strong."