Hey look,
“We tortured [Mohammed al-]Qahtani,”
Don’t read this article though, it may ruin the allusion you have about this president and the legacy he is trying to rewrite with a week left.
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I wonder if the North Vietnamese ever questioned whether John McCain was too dangerous to be released…
Now knowing how brazenly he put the world in danger with the Palin pick……
Did we find the ticking time bomb?
What? Now you’re telling me there wasn’t one?
lg,
he was and he should never have been allowed back to the us. Think of how well our banking system could have been regulated. I’m willing to sacrifice one american to save tens of thousands.
Republicans even have a template for this kind of thing, if Bush cares to use it:
“”A few months ago I told the American people
I did not trade arms for hostageswe don’t torture. My heart and my best intentions tell me that’s true, but the facts and evidence tell me it is not.”“Qahtani “was forced to wear a woman’s bra and had a thong placed on his head during the course of his interrogation” and “was told that his mother and sister were whores.” With a leash tied to his chains, he was led around the room “and forced to perform a series of dog tricks,” the report shows.”
Didn’t Marv Albert used to pay for this kind of thing? I guess everybody’s definition of torture is a little different.
I don’t know about you, but this wasn’t the kind of “torture” I expected to read about in the article.
From the first sentence of the WaPo article:
…interrogating him with techniques that included sustained isolation, sleep deprivation, nudity and prolonged exposure to cold, leaving him in a “life-threatening condition.”
even when they read it…they miss what you are supposed to read
Interesting, she doesn’t say that any of the methods used were torture, but rather that the combination of them constituted torture by virtue of the cumulative effects on his health. But then we consider it cruel and unusual if death row inmates only get basic cable.
you’re sad, sad little man. Take her word for it, since she was one of the “good guys” and a real american….
Torture is forbidden by the constitution, but not by name – what is forbidden is “Cruel and Unusual Punishment”. That is why torture is unconstitutional – because it is cruel. Now tell me, Feroce, that sexually humiliating a man and making him do dog tricks isn’t forbidden by that same clause, whether or not you define it as torture.
“Torture” has come a long way. Used to mean killing someone or causing so much pain they can’t stand it. Now it means wearing a bra.
The most interesting part of the article is that the judge admitted Mohammed al-]Qahtani is dangerous and shouldn’t be released, but she has no idea what should be done with him. Seems like we have a number of detainees who were released and then went back to fighting us, but I guess that’s acceptable because we wouldn’t want to, you know, prevent terrorism.
Obama’s going to have an interesting time figuring out what he’s going to do with the very dangerous people housed at Guantanamo once it is closed. We’ve had 7 years without any sort of attack on Americans–not bombings of American interests, not hijacked planes, not Americans kidnapped, killed and dumped in the ocean. It will be interesting to see if that will continue.
“We’ve had 7 years without any sort of attack on Americans–not bombings of American interests, not hijacked planes, not Americans kidnapped, killed and dumped in the ocean. ” -Sharon
Actually over 4,300 Americans were attacked to death in Iraq and Afghanistan. That’s more than all nationalities combined that were killed on 9/11.
Bush killed another 18,000 (EVERY year) in the “homeland” by sitting on his hands while they died for lack of health insurance.
“but I guess that’s acceptable…..” blah blah blah
As of today, according to Gallup, Bush still has a 75% approval among Republicans.
sharon,
for a lawyer you sure know how to play dumb. The guy went to the hospital 2x’s due to this stuff. his heart rate went down to 30bps.
the judge that said it was torture was an R appointed by Bush….
but go ahead, keep ringing your cow bell
sharon forgets the 4500 dudes that got killed in Iraq due to terrorist attacks methinks