True or False?

Question

True or false: George Bush and this congress have legalized torture.

Answer 1

True, by the Congress's actions and inaction's, they have allowed the president a free hand to interrogate prisoners of war wilh all but a few carefully worded act of torture.

Answer 2

Give me a break! Things are often hidden from view and the act of torturing someone most likely occurs quite often. That doesn't mean it's legal though. I would probably be easier to legalize torture on those who want to legalize it as a general rule. True or false? False!

Answer 3

True; dont you read the papers or pay attention to the news
Even Collin Powell spoke out against it
But then again we are the only industrialized nation that has never ratified or accepted the human rights acts of the UN, and is one of the biggest offenders
(you wouldn't think that as much as the US screams about human rights violations)

Answer 4

False

Answer 5

Depending on your definition of torture, True. In desperate times, desperate measures are needed to save American lives. If you believe that torture does permanent physical or psychological damage, then torture was not legalised. I guess that the proper term would be coercion rather than torture.

Answer 6

False.

Answer 7

They have...and who is next?
Republicans are not only for torture, but they're against habeas corpus. You know, that little bitty right in the Constitution that grants people due process. Senator Specter offered an amendment, but the Republicans voted it down, 51 - 48.

How far from our historic and Constitutional values are we willing to stray? How mercilessly are we willing to treat those we suspect to be our enemies? How much raw, unchecked power are we willing to hand over to the executive?
It's a red-letter day for the country. It's also a telling day for our political system.

The people have lost confidence in their president. Despite that small recent uptick in the polls, Bush remains deeply unpopular with the American public, mistrusted by a majority, widely considered out of touch with the nation's real priorities.

But he's still got Congress wrapped around his little finger.

That vote will show more clearly than ever before that, when push comes to shove, the Republicans who control Congress are in lock step behind the president, and the Democrats -- who could block him, if they chose to do so -- are too afraid to put up a real fight.

The kind of emotionless, he-said-she-said news coverage, lacking analysis and obsessed with incremental developments and political posturing -- in short, much of modern political journalism -- just doesn't do this story justice. ...

Answer 8

You do Jack Bauer an injustice, False on the torture.

Answer 9

False

Answer 10

False

Answer 11

what Bush has done is tweak the law, surprise, surprise,, what's new, hu,, , not the Geneva convention,, he couldn't change that, thanks to McCain, Warner and Graham,, a compromise was made to give him power to interpret the laws as he wants in reference to torture,, he got the power to keep himself and his subordinates from facing charges in violation of the Geneva Convention (war crimes) for the torture of his secret prisoners at GITMO,, he can follow his own conscience instead of the laws of our nation,, problem is,, other nations can use their own interpretation of torture in reference to US prisoners now and in future wars,, legally,, Bush cares not for his country or the soldiers who sacrifice and give their lives for the USA,, he protected his own butt