New Book Says President Bush Broke Laws On Torture: The Abuses Were 'Disgusting And Terrible And Degrading'

Yahoo! News:

Torture sanctioned by President George W. Bush to fight terrorists was illegal and wrong and America has yet to confront the topic to avoid future abuses, the U.S. Solicitor General for President Ronald Reagan argues in a new book.

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Comments

[SaneThoughts]

09:28 PM on 09/16/2010

Are you kidding?

Broke laws on torture?

Bush threw out reality and replaced it with cowboy nonsense. Which is more stupid Bush's actions or allowing this happen?

[ThePlague]

03:33 PM on 09/16/2010

HuffoPo: Newsflash for ya. Terrorists are "disgusting", "terrible", and "degrading". Guess what: if we have to pull out a few fingernails to get the info from the monsters that we need, then that is what we are going to do. Get over it. Nobody cares.

[Grimway]

08:12 AM on 09/16/2010

Some thing to ponder. Which is worse? Obama neglecting to arrest every one involved in the american economic melt down, or Bush war crimes? Each killed Justice. Each killed real people. Both show there is no justice in America.

[evangelicalchimp]

07:09 PM on 09/15/2010

he should be indicted along with his pals Rumsfeld and Heartless Dick...........in my humble opinion

[Lev Raphael]

02:42 PM on 09/15/2010

via the NYT: If we understand that our government has sanctioned torture, Mr. Coetzee writes in "Diary of a Bad Year," “then the issue for individual Americans becomes a moral one: how, in the face of this shame to which I am subjected, do I behave? How do I save my honor?”

[Moshe]

02:39 PM on 09/15/2010

In America, NO ONE is above the law: When that stops being true, this stops being America.

War crimes have no statute of limitations; there are no exceptions to the law for political convenience.

War criminals must be prosecuted or we will be abandoning the Rule of Law at everyone's extreme peril, and those who refuse to prosecute are obstructing justice.

[evangelicalchimp]

07:10 PM on 09/15/2010

how much money you got......seems to be the current defining element...........

[Kevin Atlanta]

12:44 PM on 09/15/2010

There is no doubt in anyone's mind that the Halliburton White House of Dubya and the Wrecking Crew are war criminals and torturers against all the human rights, Geneva Accords and crimes against humanity.
Why aren't these criminals brought to justice?
Because there is no "Equal Justice Under The Law" as the Roberts Supreme Court and our President Obama defines in "looking forward not back" and "turning the page" to keep the ability for the same abuses within his Goldman Sachs White House of Corporate Fascist Greed and corruption.
There is little to no change from Bush with what's going on now. America see this.

[TDano]

02:36 PM on 09/15/2010

There is no doubt in anyone's mind?

[Barbie and Ken forever]

12:30 PM on 09/15/2010

In other news, water is wet

[evangelicalchimp]

07:11 PM on 09/15/2010

and Barbie and Ken float!!!

(no really)

[ESerafina42]

11:41 AM on 09/15/2010

"The book paints Vice President Dick Cheney as the principle [sic - Reuters!] villain, albeit one whose motive -- trying to protect Americans from terrorism -- was right."
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I think they're too kind - I don't think he has ever had any concern for Americans in general, just power. Apart from that, from what I've heard the attacks scared him out of his wits.

[interlude]

11:47 AM on 09/15/2010

I assume he was scared since he's never been in combat - in fact spent considerable effort evading it. A prime example of a chickenhawk.

[evangelicalchimp]

07:13 PM on 09/15/2010

hmmmmmmmmm......thought a "chickenhawk" ran around chasing young boys......but hey.....I'll go with you on this one...........(and he is still a Republican)

[Barbie and Ken forever]

12:30 PM on 09/15/2010

Agreed

[getoffmedz]

10:21 AM on 09/15/2010

To get a feel for torture read Shock Doctrine by Naomi Klein.

Torture comes in many forms, y'all.

[MrMcTwister]

09:58 AM on 09/15/2010

YA THINK?!?!

[RobertHenryEller]

02:55 AM on 09/15/2010

Dick Cheney was not trying to protect Americans from terrorism through torture. He was trying to get torturees to tell him what he wanted to hear, which was to support the lies he made up to get us to invade Iraq.

Dick Cheney tortured to cover his own butt.

[bkmur]

02:45 AM on 09/15/2010

Obama is most concerned about going down in history as America's first black president. He is less concerned about being a good president,,,, a moral one who goes after criminals. Eric Holder? A scared cat. Republicans say "boo" and he runs back under the sofa. I think a deal was struck ...Obama gets in by running against a deliberately weak candidate....in exchange for no prosecutions. He has sold out for his place in history. "Don't let the perfect be the enemy of the good..." People who talk like that betray themselves as moral snakes.

[getoffmedz]

10:26 AM on 09/15/2010

ODS+BS

heckofajob

[evangelicalchimp]

07:15 PM on 09/15/2010

guess you're most concerned with going down in history as a "ragingbuttnugget of histrionic ranting"............drop the crack pipe Sparky

[breakingpoint]

01:00 AM on 09/15/2010

prosecute bush for murder
http://www.prosecutionofbush.com

[davyd56]

01:28 PM on 09/15/2010

Fanned and faved...thanks for the site. Yes, America has war criminals who need to face trial.

[Ganapati]

08:42 PM on 09/14/2010

Wow, nobody in the whole world would have imagined this..!