"Alternative Set of Procedures"
"Alternative set of procedures" is what Bushed called torture. He was describing how the CIA has secret prisons for terrorists (not suspected, because Bush already knows they're guilty - it's good to be king) abroad and when "normal" interrogation techniques don't yield enough information, these alternative set of procedures are used.
I have two things to say about this:
1. When you use the word "alternative" it means something other than what is normally done. I strongly suspect that what is normally done is within the law and when that doesn't work, they need to go outside the law. You wouldn't need to call them "alternative" if they all fit within the law, now would you? They would all exist in the same subset. "Alternative set of procedures" reeks of political spin. Kind of like one of the times when Bush updated the reasons why he invaded Iraq by saying that "weapons of mass destruction related program activities" had been found.
2. Then he goes 1984 on us and says he can't describe these alternative techniques because then the bad guys would be able to learn to resist them. Right. As if anyone can resist the effects of weeks without sleep chained to a cement floor. With the recent story of a Judge declaring that Bush's wiretapping is illegal, I don't think our nation can afford to let him continue doing things in secret. He essentially wants us to blindly trust him that he's not doing anything illegal and not allowing anyone to check. Today he said, "I've said to the people that we don't torture, and we don't." Tough to swallow from an administration with a track record of lying. Unchecked power is not a hallmark of democracy.
On a side note, every now and then the truth will slip out:
"I mean that a defeat in Iraq will embolden the enemy, and will provide the enemy more opportunity, to train, plan to attack us, that's what I mean. One of the hardest parts of my job is to connect Iraq to the war on terror," Mr. Bush said.
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I have two things to say about this:
1. When you use the word "alternative" it means something other than what is normally done. I strongly suspect that what is normally done is within the law and when that doesn't work, they need to go outside the law. You wouldn't need to call them "alternative" if they all fit within the law, now would you? They would all exist in the same subset. "Alternative set of procedures" reeks of political spin. Kind of like one of the times when Bush updated the reasons why he invaded Iraq by saying that "weapons of mass destruction related program activities" had been found.
2. Then he goes 1984 on us and says he can't describe these alternative techniques because then the bad guys would be able to learn to resist them. Right. As if anyone can resist the effects of weeks without sleep chained to a cement floor. With the recent story of a Judge declaring that Bush's wiretapping is illegal, I don't think our nation can afford to let him continue doing things in secret. He essentially wants us to blindly trust him that he's not doing anything illegal and not allowing anyone to check. Today he said, "I've said to the people that we don't torture, and we don't." Tough to swallow from an administration with a track record of lying. Unchecked power is not a hallmark of democracy.
On a side note, every now and then the truth will slip out:
"I mean that a defeat in Iraq will embolden the enemy, and will provide the enemy more opportunity, to train, plan to attack us, that's what I mean. One of the hardest parts of my job is to connect Iraq to the war on terror," Mr. Bush said.
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2 Comments:
da5id,
Nice post. I liked your points so much I blogged about it myself (and quoted your entry). My entry is here.
Hey Rhino! Glad you liked it and thanks for quoting me.
I am just about to subscribe to your blog.
Cheers!
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