The history of the Middle East is five thousand years of kings, dictators, and warlords.
As for torture by the US government, specific cases like Abu Ghraib were punished, and the worst treatment I have read that high-level terrorists received was weaterboarding, stress positions, hot and cold temperature changes, sleep deprivation, and some beatings. Bad in some cases, but also investigated and discontinued. And frankly, do I care if some Marines beat the crap out of Khaleid Sheik Mohammed? No. Screw that guy, he planned an attack that killed 3,000 civilians and destroyed a big chunk of downtown Manhattan. We should take a lesson from Singapore and have that asshole caned to death. That would be a fitting punishment for him. Compare to Saddam. If Saddam didn't like you, he had someone hang you on a meat hook by your flesh, pull out your fingernails with pliers, gouge out your eyes, or drop you in a printing press and have you squashed into jelly. Or he just dumped chemical weapons on your village and killed everyone. Maybe raped the women first, just for fun. On Fri, Jan 23, 2009 at 12:56 PM, Michael G wrote: > The people are always more powerful than the government. Revolts of the > past > have happened and people have risen up no matter how tight the grip of > their > government. History is full of such occurrences. Funny how torture is wrong > when the Iraqi government is doing it but peachy keen when your government > is. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:286377 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
