Why they tortured?
Make no mistake, George W Bush and Dick Cheney knew all about the torture techniques that were used on prisoners. Cheney proudly admits it. Bush is reluctant to do so. Why did they approve such horrendous brutality?
Everything is predicated on the attacks of 9/11. They did not act bravely. They acted like cowards. They were personally embarrassed that terrorists would attack on their watch. From the beginning, their goal was revenge. They were petty and weak leaders.
Nothing was off-limits. They would lie to the American people in their quest for revenge, as they did before they invaded Iraq.
Bush despised Saddam Hussein and was thrilled when he was
captured and eventually hanged. He kept Saddam's pearl-
handled pistol as a personal souvenir.
They openly promoted an environment of punishment and revenge that led to torture by those all down the chain of command, including lowly Army enlisteds. In the end, those at the bottom of the chain of command were the only ones punished.
They tortured because they were weak and revengeful individuals. They thought the country would hold them responsible for the attacks of 9/11. In the process of their ill-advised and wasteful wars in the Middle East, they resorted to acts of brutality unlike any we had seen in previous wars. They now parade around from one media outlet to another preaching the virtues of their "enhanced interrogation techniques".
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