fit to kill off those we can not fix. We are mortified and disgusted
by terrorist that blow up our builds but see it just to attack an
entire country and kill innocent, and sometimes supporters, civilians.
People are applaud by terrorist torturing our civilians in an effort
to run us off but for some reason the thought capturing and torturing
that terrorist is not only acceptable but endearing to some people.
Adam Haskell
On Wed, 22 Sep 2004 13:06:43 -0500, Kevin Graeme <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> This feature at The New York Review of Books just makes my stomach turn.
> http://www.nybooks.com/articles/17230
>
> It's from July 15, so it's not new. But it's sickening to think that
> while we decry the acts of torture by other countries our own leaders
> are doing backflips to justify doing it themselves. The article cites
> several memos and legal arguments. Here's a sample:
>
> "In order to respect the President's inherent constitutional authority
> to manage a military campaign,... (the prohibition against torture)
> must be construed as inapplicable to interrogations undertaken
> pursuant to his Commander-in-Chief authority.... Congress may no more
> regulate the President's ability to detain and interrogate enemy
> combatants than it may regulate his ability to direct troop movements
> on the battlefield.... Any effort by Congress to regulate the
> interrogation of unlawful combatants [terrorists] would violate the
> Constitution's sole vesting of the Commander-in-Chief authority in the
> President."
>
> -Kevin
>
>
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