Countdown: Tortured Response

Keith talks to Jonathan Turley about Bush's admission of authorizing waterboarding and the hedged response from Obama about whether his administration will do anything about it.

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[FRTothus]

America is no longer a nation of law. The Bush administration is guilty of war crimes, by their own admission, but will not be held accountable, no different from the Nazis of Germany or the Mafia, except they WERE and ARE held accountable. The Bush junta must be brought up on charges, while Obama, entrusted to uphold the law, skirts his responsibilities. What a disappointment the United States has become. I am so ashamed of this country and what it represents.

[Saru1976]

Your statements are as acurate as the people who post that all Americans are "gun-toting illiterate Christian fundamentalists who sanction the bombing of hundreds of thousands of women and children in foreign countries". BTW, would you want our troops to get water-boarded? Would that be an ugly necessity of war? We executed Japanese officers who water-boarded in WW2. It sounds like you are the one who only understands the language of violence.

[whoybeen]

nothing is going to be done we need to except this.

[slapme7times]

MOAR NEEDLESS GENOCIDE!  >=)

[rkcoon]

Finally, While I do hope that the bush admin does get tried - and hung - for war crimes, i would not base that hanging solely on the waterboarding they've engaged in - there is plenty to hang them off of.

[rkcoon]

(oops, wrong button) by some warring factions that have never seen peace, that have avoided peace, that has fought and slaughtered to avoid peace. I simply have no sympathy for those that do engage in tactics that even the Japanese and Nazis at their worst never even considered. If they wished peace, they've had literally eight millenia to engage in such - but have refused. so, why waste more lives. more time, and more resources, on a collection of people refusing peace. continued..

[rkcoon]

Thirdly, as i said to start with, again ill clarify - i dont think the american government was right in its actions, but i do recognise that at times excess force is the only thing recognised

[rkcoon]

Firstly, id like to apologize to the host of this vid - it seems "freedom of speech and thought" exists in name only round these parts (Yet some seem to feel free - or perhaps pressured - to resort to childish namecalling) Secondly, since the point i was making was obviously entirely missed, i shall elaborate - as proven by historical evidence (the same you demand but provide none of)that both H&N were selected deliberately as civilian targets in time of war. continued..

[fallon75]

I know, wouldn't let me erase it :'( I did give you a thumbs up though

[FRTothus]

I believe you responded to the wrong post.

[Saru1976]

What are you talking about!? Seriously, you're a fucking moron. What does Hiroshima have to do with torturing prisoners? Please, don't try to answer. I think I loose IQ points every time I read one of your posts. Go get a library card and read some books. Maybe you should get a dictionary first and look up "torture". BTW, why would I ask a Japanese soldier how they felt about Hiroshima and Nagasaki? It's not only irrelavent but just plain senseless.

[fallon75]

As for the people fighting, as you said "how far would you be willing to go to defend your family, all you hold dear?" the people killing our soldiers are just following your logic.