THE SENATE REVOLT
Finally, the Senate stands up to the autocrat Bush. Challenging Bush, a Senate committee passed a terrorism tribunal bill protecting foreign suspects’ rights and rejecting Bush’s proposed use of torture.
This is the second defeat for Bush on torture. A few months ago, the Supreme Court ruled his present court system established to prosecute terrorism suspects was illegal and violated the Geneva Conventions.
Even former Joints Chiefs of Staff and former Bush appointee Powell and retired Gen. Vessey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff during Reagan, weighed in negatively on Bush‘s proposed use of torture, condemning it and urging Senators to oppose Bush‘s support for torture. Powell stated, “The world is beginning to doubt the moral basis of our fight against terrorism. To redefine (the Geneva Convention) would add to those doubts.”
Bush is a hypocrite. He parades America’s democracy and rules of morality and conduct to the world, then he tries to scrap the Geneva Convention and allow torture.
Remember Bush is the same man that stated we do not torture and there are no secret prisons. Later both were proven to be more Bush lies.
Bush who is trying to portray an image of being tough on terrorists, is letting his ego erode America’s morality. Bush defended “tough interrogations” that the United States' highest court, international tribunals and commissions and even U.S. military law have condemned as torture.
Under Bush’s tenure, America’s moral image has deteriorated rapidly, with over three fourths of the world distrustful of us. Bush squandered the worldwide sympathy and support after 9/11 by attacking Iraq on fabricated intelligence and denying terror suspects the rule of law.
Christian Gatsby
This is the second defeat for Bush on torture. A few months ago, the Supreme Court ruled his present court system established to prosecute terrorism suspects was illegal and violated the Geneva Conventions.
Even former Joints Chiefs of Staff and former Bush appointee Powell and retired Gen. Vessey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff during Reagan, weighed in negatively on Bush‘s proposed use of torture, condemning it and urging Senators to oppose Bush‘s support for torture. Powell stated, “The world is beginning to doubt the moral basis of our fight against terrorism. To redefine (the Geneva Convention) would add to those doubts.”
Bush is a hypocrite. He parades America’s democracy and rules of morality and conduct to the world, then he tries to scrap the Geneva Convention and allow torture.
Remember Bush is the same man that stated we do not torture and there are no secret prisons. Later both were proven to be more Bush lies.
Bush who is trying to portray an image of being tough on terrorists, is letting his ego erode America’s morality. Bush defended “tough interrogations” that the United States' highest court, international tribunals and commissions and even U.S. military law have condemned as torture.
Under Bush’s tenure, America’s moral image has deteriorated rapidly, with over three fourths of the world distrustful of us. Bush squandered the worldwide sympathy and support after 9/11 by attacking Iraq on fabricated intelligence and denying terror suspects the rule of law.
Christian Gatsby
