BUSH FOOLS AMERICANS BY APPEARING TO ACCEPT MCCAIN'S BAN ON TORTURE
by EVAN AUGUSTINE PETERSON, III
December 16, 2005
opednews.com
In Washington politics, things are seldom what they appear to be - especially when devious Machiavellians are running the White House. [...]
On Wednesday of this week, a non-binding House vote overwhelmingly favored the McCain Amendment, which would ban torture by the military, the CIA, and mercenaries under contract with the U.S. government. [2] Then on Thursday, Mr. Bush reportedly RESCINDED his opposition to the McCain Anti-Torture Amendment (which he had threatened to veto). [3] [...]
However, human-rights groups should not prematurely celebrate a "victory." Mr. Bush has learned nothing, and he hasn't changed his position on torture. He misled us into war under false pretenses, and now he's trying to mislead Congress and the public into believing that his administration has forsworn its advocacy and use of torture.
Consider this: Bush ONLY rescinded his opposition to McCain's Anti-Torture Amendment because he'd already circumvented its most important provision! [...]
So how did Mr. Bush fool everyone? [4] By getting his Pentagon minions to issue their first official change to the Army Field Manual in thirteen years. More importantly, the Pentagon radically altered the Army Field Manual by inserting a 10-page CLASSIFIED addendum that contains new, highly-permissive interrogation standards. The DOD's new interrogation standards intentionally BLUR the Army's formerly clear-cut standards.
Furthermore, these new standards not only permit, but also teach, abusive interrogation techniques that will violate international law because they are obviously tantamount to torture. [5] [...]
As you can see by all the [...] above, much has been left out in this preview of the article. Read the whole thing at opednews.com: http://tinyurl.com/9gsh7
© Virginia Metze
December 16, 2005
opednews.com
In Washington politics, things are seldom what they appear to be - especially when devious Machiavellians are running the White House. [...]
On Wednesday of this week, a non-binding House vote overwhelmingly favored the McCain Amendment, which would ban torture by the military, the CIA, and mercenaries under contract with the U.S. government. [2] Then on Thursday, Mr. Bush reportedly RESCINDED his opposition to the McCain Anti-Torture Amendment (which he had threatened to veto). [3] [...]
However, human-rights groups should not prematurely celebrate a "victory." Mr. Bush has learned nothing, and he hasn't changed his position on torture. He misled us into war under false pretenses, and now he's trying to mislead Congress and the public into believing that his administration has forsworn its advocacy and use of torture.
Consider this: Bush ONLY rescinded his opposition to McCain's Anti-Torture Amendment because he'd already circumvented its most important provision! [...]
So how did Mr. Bush fool everyone? [4] By getting his Pentagon minions to issue their first official change to the Army Field Manual in thirteen years. More importantly, the Pentagon radically altered the Army Field Manual by inserting a 10-page CLASSIFIED addendum that contains new, highly-permissive interrogation standards. The DOD's new interrogation standards intentionally BLUR the Army's formerly clear-cut standards.
Furthermore, these new standards not only permit, but also teach, abusive interrogation techniques that will violate international law because they are obviously tantamount to torture. [5] [...]
As you can see by all the [...] above, much has been left out in this preview of the article. Read the whole thing at opednews.com: http://tinyurl.com/9gsh7
© Virginia Metze
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