Former Bush Speechwriter: CIA Torturers Are ‘American Heroes’

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Former Bush Speechwriter: CIA Torturers Are ‘American Heroes’

Last week, former Bush speechwriter Marc Thiessen penned a vitriolic op-ed in the Washington Post, arguing that if there is another terror attack, “Americans will hold Obama responsible.” Greg Sargent noted that on the same day, Thiessen called President Obama “the most dangerous man ever to occupy the Oval Office.”

Today, in an interview on WAMU’s Diane Rehm Show, Thiessen again lashed out at Obama, this time for Obama’s executive order closing Guantanamo. “I think this is the most dangerous decision that any president has made within 48 hours of his inauguration,” he said, saying that torture is “singularly responsible” for stopping attacks on the U.S. Thiessen listed a long chain of events that were all allegedly sourced to the torture of Abu Zubaydah: ... http://thinkprogress.org/2009/01/26/mark-thiessen-bush/

[whistle]

1. Gonzales is pushing that fascist talking point as well

[Xipe Totec]

2. Who's the decider now?

:woohoo:

[Siwsan]

3. The guy wrote speeches for bush

How intelligent need/can he be? I picture a guy doing his speech writing, on a typewriter, in his mother's basement, wearing just his undies, with a supply of koolaid and moon pies, close at hand. I have a vivid imagination.

[gratuitous]

4. Wanna put that in writing, Mr. Thiessen?

And if your prediction doesn't come to pass, what will you do? You're out there scaremongering and passing yourself off as an expert on these matters. What penalty will be sufficient if you are wrong? How about drinking a nice big cup of shut the fuck up and getting a real job?

[liberalmuse]

5. Republicans are fucking Nazi's.

Really. If there is reincarnation, they are the fucking SS, Gestapo and the embodiment of Hitler's Third Reich.

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6. "torture is 'singularly responsible' for stopping attacks on the U.S."

So... torture is what kept terrorists away until 2001? 9/11 happened because we stopped torturing somewhere?

What a simpleminded dolt.

[chollybocker]

7. Is his FEAR a Code Yellow, Orange or Red?

I need to know how much duct tape to buy.

[icnorth]

8. U.S. signs UN convention against torture ...

US Department of State Bulletin,  August, 1988  

Following are the President's message to the Senate and the text of the Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment signed on behalf of the United States by Deputy Secretary of State John C. Whitehead on April 18, 1988, at the United Nations. The United States became the 63d nation to sign the convention, which was adopted by the UN General Assembly in December 1984 and entered into force on June 26, 198 7, after it was ratified by 20 nations.

MESSAGE TO THE SENATE, MAY 20, 1988.sup.1

With a view to receiving the advice and consent of the Senate to ratification, subject to certain reservations, understandings, and declarations, I transmit herewith the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment. The Convention was adopted by unanimous agreement of the United Nations General Assembly on December 10, 1984, and entered into force on June 26, 1987. The United States signed it on April 18, 1988. 1 also transmit, for the information of the Senate, the report of the Department of State on the Convention.

The United States participated actively and effectively in the negotiation of the Convention . It marks a significant step in the development during this century of international measures against torture and other inhuman treatment or punishment. Ratification of the Convention by the United States will clearly express United States opposition to torture, an abhorrent practice unfortunately still prevalent in the world today.
The core provisions of the Convention establish a regime for international cooperation in the criminal prosecution of torturers relying on so-called "universal jurisdiction." Each State Party is required either to prosecute torturers who are found in its territory or to extradite them to other countries for prosecution....

By giving its advice and consent to ratification of this Convention, the Senate of the United States will demonstrate unequivocally our desire to bring an end to the abhorrent practice of torture.

RONALD REAGAN
http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1079/is_n2137_v88/ai_6742034

[fascisthunter]

9. spoken like a true sociopath

I bet he got off on harming small animals when he was younger, because nothing else made him tick.