tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11920826.post2558360805834954582..comments2024-03-18T05:15:30.666-04:00Comments on Foma*: Epic Fail #2: Culture of Tortureyellojkthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09592683505688819187noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11920826.post-88544811077456971132016-10-11T00:35:56.827-04:002016-10-11T00:35:56.827-04:00If you're looking for a reputable contextual a...If you're looking for a reputable <b>contextual advertising network</b>, I suggest you check out <b><a href="http://syntaxlinks.com/affiliate-network-reviews/network/23/exoClick/" rel="nofollow">ExoClick</a></b>.Bloggerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07287821785570247118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11920826.post-85934097925795522442009-01-15T18:04:00.000-05:002009-01-15T18:04:00.000-05:00I don't doubt that Lynndie was a scapegoat. That i...I don't doubt that Lynndie was a scapegoat. That is why I want a full and real investigation. Someone abused those prisoners and someone ordered them abused. I want to know who, but I'm obviously not going to learn from this administration and probably not from the next.yellojkthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09592683505688819187noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11920826.post-64601763303040185992009-01-15T16:39:00.000-05:002009-01-15T16:39:00.000-05:00Folks,Hate to split hairs. Lynndie England was not...Folks,<BR/>Hate to split hairs. Lynndie England was not an MP, not a guard, touched no one. She did not even work at the prison (but elsewhere on the grounds). Her crime was to step into the photos of Graner who was her superior, and unfortunately, boyfriend 12 years her senior. What was her crime? She was in the pictures, which were stupid, but she was not involved in what we have now come to learn were "sanctioned" interrogation techniques.<BR/><BR/>The truth about Lynndie and what happened will soon be out. To many have fallen for the Bush Administration's version of what they were. Now that they have finally admitted (what Lynndie contended throughout her trial)that they sanctioned aggressive interrogation techniques (TORTURE) why isn't the world, but more importantly out nation, demanding that the seven soldiers whose lives were destroyed by following orders, be compensated? If everyone really knew what happened, you would realize that Lynndie was a scapegoat for a policy that was in place at AG, GITMO, and Afghanistan. I am close to the source - soon, even some of her superiors will be spilling the beans. Cheny and Rumsfelf are the true criminals.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11920826.post-48020676338904702009-01-14T23:24:00.000-05:002009-01-14T23:24:00.000-05:00Oh, I forgot: re Josh's comment above, I've always...Oh, I forgot: re Josh's comment above, I've always thought that if Michael Dukakis had been thinking on his feet, when he was asked about his opposition to the death penalty with that infamous "what if your wife Kitty had been raped and killed?" his response should have been something like "And how would *you* feel about the death penalty if you'd been falsely convicted of that crime and sentenced to die because of it?" People don't get that, either: when there's a death penalty, it guarantees that, since no government, no court, no jury is perfect, an innocent person will be killed for a crime s/he did not commit. If you think that's okay, how exactly is that different from thinking it's okay that the murderer murdered in the first place?2fshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17813487704459856169noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11920826.post-29128195909433060622009-01-14T23:21:00.000-05:002009-01-14T23:21:00.000-05:00Bravo.(At least Jack Bauer had pangs of conscience...Bravo.<BR/><BR/>(At least Jack Bauer had pangs of conscience occasionally about his torturing. Plus he's fictional...)2fshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17813487704459856169noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11920826.post-32431322144805898662009-01-14T06:48:00.000-05:002009-01-14T06:48:00.000-05:00For some details of what we did to our prisoners, ...For some details of what we did to our prisoners, follow the link from this <A HREF="http://noduhnews.blogspot.com/2009/01/detainee-tortured-says-us-official.html" REL="nofollow">post</A> from my new <A HREF="http://noduhnews.blogspot.com" REL="nofollow">No Duh News</A> blog.yellojkthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09592683505688819187noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11920826.post-69617052895632997422009-01-14T06:29:00.000-05:002009-01-14T06:29:00.000-05:00It's not just you. I've been pullled off the plane...It's not just you. I've been <A HREF="http://livebythefoma.blogspot.com/2006/08/terrorist-in-name-only.html" REL="nofollow">pullled off the plane</A> to be questioned. We are now living in a totalitarian society of secret lists and random searches.yellojkthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09592683505688819187noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11920826.post-9572350932852959532009-01-14T00:02:00.000-05:002009-01-14T00:02:00.000-05:00Again, well written.It has always amazed me that a...Again, well written.<BR/><BR/>It has always amazed me that anyone could justify torture. If something is wrong, then it is wrong. If it is repugnant when terrorists cut the heads of journalists, it does not make it right for the US to torture detainees. Hell, it's even wrong to have detainees who are not charged under our Constitution. The US hasn't just abandoned the moral high road, they've destroyed it.<BR/><BR/>As an American who lives overseas in a pro-US country, I can attest first hand to the damage this attitude and mindset has done to our reputation. And this is in a friendly country! I can only imagine the damage in a country that is not inclined to be friendly.<BR/><BR/>I sometimes joke that I am on doubt on a watchlist somewhere because I have dual citizenship and live outside the US, but it's only partially a joke. Why else do I get searched every time I fly?<BR/><BR/>Can't wait for the next post.Mooselethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16874418427786990740noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11920826.post-52049175968817274992009-01-13T21:53:00.000-05:002009-01-13T21:53:00.000-05:00And they essentially drove Padilla insane as a res...And they essentially drove Padilla insane as a result of torture and drugs. If they can do that to a US citizen without consequences, they can do it to anybody.yellojkthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09592683505688819187noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11920826.post-63594994958920061122009-01-13T21:41:00.000-05:002009-01-13T21:41:00.000-05:00People don't get that rights for the accused and d...People don't get that rights for the accused and detainees aren't about Them; they're about You. If the executive isn't checked by the judiciary, there's nothing stopping the executive from arresting whoever it wants by assertion and doing who knows what. And that whoever could be you. Cops make honest mistakes, and not-so-honest mistkes. When they put American-born US citizen Jose Padilla in a brig for years without a trial, that was a sign that they could do it to anybody.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com