On Fri, Apr 24, 2009 at 2:56 PM, denstar wrote: > > Your arguments are starting to confuse me-- do you think torture can > be justified, or that it can't?
Torture is not justifiable. Now let's wait for Congress to specifically define whether waterboarding is torture, because today it is not specifically defined in the law as torture. Like I said, that is the heart of the problem. President Obama says he wants to move forward not back, to move past the partisan divide. Here is his opportunity. Will he listen to his own advice, or will he cave? Ultimately, I think we should have a commission, but not now, and not as a criminal matter. Maybe in his second term, if he wins a second term. Otherwise, he is going to have a political witch-hunt on his hands, and everyone is going to get slimed. Is that really what we want right now? Unfortunately, the President set this mess in motion, and unless he cuts it off soon, I think events are going to outrun his ability to control and become a very bitter partisan fight that may well sink his presidency. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:296015 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
