While many of our fellow Americans are willing to look the other way and accept 'enhanced interrogation,' thanks to Obama releasing the memos, its no longer 'enhanced interrogation."
Its torture.
It looks like Team Obama has yet again out-maneuvered the Right Wing Noise Machine straight into a corner.
I used to think getting Bush in front of the Hague was a pipe dream. Now, I'm not so sure. Now I have hope.
Bush lied about torture. And he lied a lot. Here's a compilation from google. It took me five minutes. Kindly share with anyone you like, especially our good friends across the aisle.
Bush On Torture Report August 9, 2007:
‘Haven’t Seen It, We Don’t Torture’
On CBS with Couric sept 6, 2006, :
"But the other thing is that we have to have the capacity to interrogate — not torture, but interrogate people to learn information."
Again from the same interview,
"We uncovered a potential anthrax attack on the United States."
and Again
I'm going to call upon Congress to make sure the interrogators has the capacity to do so without breaking the law. See we're not interrogating now, because CIA officials feel like the rules are so vague that they cannot interrogate without being tried as war criminals.
And yet again, "
I've said to the people that we don't torture, and we don't."
In Panama, Nov. 7, 2005,
“We do not torture,” George W. Bush declared during a brief press conference in Panama Monday
And three more from the same brief Interview
"We are finding terrorists and bringing them to justice, (1)” the US president said. “We are gathering information about where the terrorists may be hiding. (2) We are trying to disrupt their plots and plans. Anything we do to that effort, to that end, in this effort, any activity we conduct, is within the law. (3) We do not torture.”
And finally, Press appearance in the Oval Office, October 5, 2007
This govt. does not torture people. We stick to US law and our intenational obligations...The techniques that we use have been disclosed...
Like I said, I used to think getting Bush was a pipe dream.
Now I have hope. Now that's change I can believe in.
UPDATE:
Hat tip to Reino for this gem:
THE WHITE HOUSE
Office of the Press Secretary
June 26, 2003
Torture is an Affront to Human Dignity Everywhere, Bush Says
Statement on International Day in Support of Torture Victims
President Bush says torture anywhere is an affront to human dignity everywhere, and the United States is committed to building a world where human rights are respected and protected by the rule of law.
In a statement issued on United Nations International Day in Support of Victims of Torture June 26, the president called on all governments to join in prohibiting, investigating and prosecuting all acts of torture and in undertaking to prevent other cruel and unusual punishment.