They can't handle the truth.

Republicans are in a bind. They know torture is evil. They know torture doesn't work. Yet, they know that their Party was criminal in the creation of a program to torture prisoners we had captured in our "war on terror". What tormented souls they must be?

They continue to make it a political issue. They do not want to discuss the morality or criminality of their actions. It is simply a Democrat vs Republican "issue". It has nothing to do with them burning in hell for their depraved actions.

They are now the ones being tortured. Their consciences must be heavily burdened with this knowledge? How would you feel if you had to defend torture? They cannot handle this truth that has finally been exposed for all the world to see.

And quite frankly, it really doesn't matter whether the person is a republican or Democrat, if they authorized torture, they are criminals and should be treated as such.

and Democrats into the situation by spreading the bullshit "they signed off on it" crap.

It's a great strategy for spreading actual culpability away from actual culprits.

administration did wasn't really torture. I often listen to a local p.m. radio show that originates in ABQ. The host is a right-winger libertarian type who has been focusing on the release of the torture memos. The host believes that Obama has committed treason by releasing the memos, and so do his listeners, but most of the callers to the show don't believe that waterboarding is torture. These teabaggin' Republics don't have a conscience. They are saying that the Obama admin is redefining torture by calling waterboarding torture.

There's no reasoning with these people.

but they know. Pretending it is only a political matter only betrays their confusion.

McCain called waterboarding torture- here's a good article listing various military personel who objected:

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article11231.htm

some interesting Cheney quotes as well.


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one. Maybe we should remind them of that-?

And it was done by America, regardless of our objections. The only way for America to redeem ourselves is to show the world that we realize we were wrong, and the only way to do that is to hold those who authorized it, accountable. THEY KNEW BETTER.
I submit John Ashcroft's own words: "history will not judge this kindly".

You make a very good point Kentuck this really isn't a "political" issue- it's an American one.

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Same rationale.

It's always been that way