Bush: Damn Right I Ordered Torture.

[babylonsister]

http://www.prospect.org/csnc/blogs/tapped_archive?month=11&year=2010&base_name=bush_damn_right_i_ordered_tort

Bush: Damn Right I Ordered Torture.


George W. Bush's new memoir, and the surrounding publicity campaign, could have been designed by Barack Obama's team as a reminder of just how awful his predecessor was. First we heard about Bush's grotesquely narcissistic belief that the worst moment of his presidency was not the preventable deaths of 3,000 people in New York City or the partially avoidable death and destruction visited on New Orleans, but the fact that a hip-hop artist said something mean about him after his inept handling of the latter. Today, we find out that he did, in fact, support the arbitrary and illegal torture of suspected terrorists.

Essentially, the Republican line on arbitrary torture ordered by the executive branch has evolved from "of course we don't torture, it's wrong" to "we don't torture, but what if we did?" to "of course we tortured people!" The obfuscation is officially over. I wish I believed that this would provoke the outrage it merits, but I'm inclined to think that the pessimistic take is correct. Because, of course, there's not enough to be depressed about this week...

-- Scott Lemieux

[texastoast]

1. I continue to be outraged at the hypocrisy of the American people

The people who don't support bringing this gloating man to justice I'll never understand.

[Warren Stupidity]

2. This is what happens when criminals are allowed to walk free.

From 2006 on to this day, the Democratic Party has failed to address this issue. No the perps are out bragging about what they did.

[ibegurpard]

4. yup...impeachment was off the table...until two days ago..

[Lint Head]

3. Me: Damn Right Bush is a Criminal that Ordered Torture

and should rot in prison!