Bush Admits He Ordered Torture …
… for kicks. Hang on, that’s just the usual Think Progress nonsense.
Actually, Bush admits he approved harsh interrogation methods after being advised they were legal and did not constitute torture … seeing as they are applied to U.S. soldiers in training … and that the interrogators gained information that helped save lives. Think Progress, citing an entirely different situation, falsely claims that interrogators denied that the breaking of al-Qaeda terrorists without causing any physical harm via waterboarding saved lives. In fact, the only interrogator who participated in waterboarding to have spoken publicly about it to date has said while he didn’t like the method, it was quick, highly effective and in his estimation, may have prevented dozens of attacks.
Must be nice to be so comfortably smug as to be able to moralize and denounce and even lie about it while enjoying the security bought by the hard, often distasteful work a lot of people have had to do in the last eight years. Not all of it looks good or is even defensible when viewed in hindsight, from one’s armchair. Much like actions taken by presidents, agents and soldiers in the Civil War, World War I, World War II and Vietnam. Difficult times call for difficult decisions. Just ask waterboarding enthusiast Nancy Pelosi. Here’s another take on the issue, which deserves to be treated a little more seriously than the left has chosen to. Mark Bowden. Waterboarding, we’re told, hasn’t been used since 2003, when it was used three times. However, there are indications the incoming administration wants to keep its options open, although some people think the appointment of career CYA professional Leon Panetta means U.S. intelligence agents will use the Boy Scout manual as their primary field guide. Obama apparently is in no rush to close the hated Crusader Gulag at Guantanamo, as well.
Topics: Bush, GWOT, terrorists
Posted by Jules Crittenden at 8:35 pm on Sunday, January 11, 2009
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January 12th, 2009 at 7:55 am
[...] Jules Crittenden puts it nicely Actually, Bush admits he approved harsh interrogation methods after being advised they were legal and did not constitute torture … seeing as they are applied to U.S. soldiers in training … and that the interrogators gained information that helped save lives. Think Progress, citing an entirely different situation, falsely claims that interrogators denied that the breaking of al-Qaeda terrorists without causing any physical harm via waterboarding saved lives. In fact, the only interrogator who participated in waterboarding to have spoken publicly about it to date has said while he didn’t like the method, it was quick, highly effective and in his estimation, may have prevented dozens of attacks. [...]
January 12th, 2009 at 7:58 am
[...] Jules Crittenden puts it nicely Actually, Bush admits he approved harsh interrogation methods after being advised they were legal and did not constitute torture … seeing as they are applied to U.S. soldiers in training … and that the interrogators gained information that helped save lives. Think Progress, citing an entirely different situation, falsely claims that interrogators denied that the breaking of al-Qaeda terrorists without causing any physical harm via waterboarding saved lives. In fact, the only interrogator who participated in waterboarding to have spoken publicly about it to date has said while he didn’t like the method, it was quick, highly effective and in his estimation, may have prevented dozens of attacks. [...]