McCain: United States Has Been Torturing POWs
Posted on March 9, 2008
Hat tip: MacRanger, who has seen enough.
They don’t call him the Maverick for nothing. It’s not inconsistent with what he has believed in the past. It’s certainly in opposition to President Bush’s statement that the U.S. does not torture. It’s quite an uncomforting statement to be saying of our own military. Most surprisingly, it’s the “Republican” candidate saying this stuff. Maverick… because he supported the President’s veto of the bill banning it. That support may have been on technicalities, but still mavericky.Quite a statement for someone that should be trying to win over the conservative base. I don’t think he is too worried about those guys though.
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Since when is supporting torture a conservative position? Iranian hardliners support torture too. Are American conservatives really interested in giving up principle and following their lead? And the lead of the Soviets, and the North Vietnamese, and the Chinese? Someone please tell me how copying the tactics of fascist and communist states is “conservative.”
The Bill of Rights is what needs to be conserved from such radical innovations. And, might I add, immoral.
Rough techniques that have proven to provide vital information that protects many lives should not be banned. Torture? Please. Our own military goes though more in training.