ViceZilla’s Views

“Torture’s Terrible Toll; Abusive interrogation tactics produce bad intel, and undermine the values we hold dear. Why we must, as a nation, do better. We should not torture or treat inhumanely terrorists we have captured. The abuse of prisoners harms, not helps, our war effort. ”

These were John McCain’s words, written by him on November 21, 2005. He also went on to address the subject of waterboarding. He called it “very exquisite torture.”

McCain, being a former prisoner of war, and claims to have been tortured, speaks from experience. I would consider him an “expert” on the subject. So one would think that he would be against the U.S. using torture on any level to coerce information from detainees of suspected terrorist suspects. In fact he’s been a very outspoken advocate against waterboarding. Until now that is!

In true ‘Loyal Bushie’ fashion, McCain has shown his true Conservative colors and voted against banning waterboarding and other harsh interrogation methods used by the CIA.

By going ‘on the record’ and voting against the torture ban, McCain has proven that Conservative political talk is cheap.

My question to the Conservative party is, “is this the best that you could do for a candidate to be a contender for the White House? The people of this country will not stand for another term of Bush politics.

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Tags: Bush Administration, Political Rhetoric, Torture by vicezilla
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February 5^th five years ago Colin Powell, then Secretary of State presented to the United Nations one lie after another to convince the world that Saddam Hussein had weapons of mass destruction, and needed to be relieved of them in the name of peace.

We all learned later that the CIA had overwhelming evidence at the time to support the fact that Saddam had indeed NO weapons of mass destruction, and that his weapons program was shelved.

But again as we later learned, regardless of the facts absolutely nothing was going to keep Bush from invading Iraq, nothing.

What did Bush and England’s Tony Blair know that the rest of the world didn’t? Nothing. Facts are facts and lies are lies. As the rest of the world adopted a “the evidence doesn’t warrant an invasion” stance, Bush and company were having a hard time concealing their hard-on’s for war with Saddam.

One trumped up lie after another was all it took to keep the war ball rolling towards Iraq. One loyal Bushie after another paraded themselves in front of every TV camera they could find, and added a bit more to the lie, until finally nobody really paid attention to the facts anymore. War had begun.

5 years later, and war is still raging in Iraq, a war that shouldn’t have been started. It was started because of a presentation to the United Nations by then Secretary of State Colin Powell, a presentation that should have never been given.

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Tags: Bush Administration, War in Iraq by vicezilla
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In another humiliating blow to America’s credibility, Republicans stop bill to ban waterboarding.

We all suspected the CIA used torture techniques on suspected terrorists, with all the secrecy surrounding rumors of secret prisons overseas. Then Bush gets involved and vigorously states, “We do not torture”. Right then and there, as soon as those 4 words left his lips, we all thought the unthinkable, “Oh my God, we torture!” Not only did we think it, but the rest of the world thinks it too.

To make matters worse, not only does the CIA torture its suspects, but Republican law makers want to make it legal by stopping a bill that would ban its use.

This is a disgusting turn of events to say the least! Waterboarding is torture. Waterboarding is also banned by international law. Why does Bush and Company think America is above International law?

Tags: Bush Administration, Torture by vicezilla
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WTF? Russia Still can’t account for all of it’s nuclear inventory! Oh wait, the source is George Tenet, from his new book, “At the Center of the Storm.”

Who to believe? Who to believe, that is the question? In his highly publicized book, George Tenet takes aim on everybody and everything since he was appointed head of the CIA. Now I’m not a spy, or even remotely familiar with the spy business, but isn’t Tenet, the ex-CIA chief shooting his mouth off just a little too much?

I haven’t read this kind of finger pointing B.S. since Jose Canseco tried to put himself on a pedestal over the “drugs in baseball” fiasco.

I’ve always been a firm believer in the theory of “who points the blame the most, is probably the guiltiest.”

What’s the matter George, all of a sudden can’t sleep because of what you and your co-conspirators have done?

If that is the case, might I suggest clearing your conscience by doing something about it, rather than just vaguely pointing your finger at it? Or is there more to it?

NY Times Story

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