Dana Summers for April 20, 2009

Andy, how good a job did Bush do leading up to and ON 9/11?

I’m not sure I agree. Perhaps if Bush had listened to the CIA before 9/11. But many did torture by any definition of the word, and at least their superiors – those who said “go ahead,” need to be held accountable. No information is worth losing your soul. And that’s what employing torture does to our whole country – it destroys our soul, the thing that was supposed to make us better than other countries. We are supposed to be the good guys who treat their prisoners humanely. Without that, what makes us different?

the prob with 9/11 was cia and fbi were not allowed to talk to each other

cdward; good post.

Frankly, we only have the Bush Administrations word that they “kept us safe.” Were there really any more threats? Besides the shoe guy? I rather doubt it.

Regardless of the incessant rationalizations, torture is and was ILLEGAL!

Torture ,cutting off heads is a lot worse you think.

Does the end justifies the means? Gitmo wrecked America’s credibility overseas.

That’s the Bush version of foreign policy, CF.

That’s why none of the local right-wingers are jumping in here to defend it.