Do you agree that we have to be country of laws as oppose to the counrty of commander-in-chief?
"On a 222-199 vote, the House approved a measure to require intelligence agents to comply with the Army Field Manual, which meets the Geneva Conventions on the treatment of war prisoners and prohibits torture."
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20071213/pl_nm/security_usa_torture_dc
2007-12-13 06:23:51 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Military
Waterboarding was deemed torture when the papacy used it back during the Spanish Inquisition. it's not a new concept!
2007-12-13 06:32:32 · answer #1 · answered by Alan S 7 · 3⤊ 1⤋
It's a purely political move.
The CIA has already prohibited waterboarding on its own, so the effect of this legislation is nil. But the ones who voted for it can go back home and say that they accomplished somehting. Those who don't pay attention may beleive it's true.
It's also a standard political game. The only effective thing Congress could do in this matter is to give us a good definition of what torture is, that can be applied to any interrogation technique for guidance. But they'd never want to actually do anything so concrete or common sensical. It wold eliminate the "yes it is," "no it's not" screaming matches and we can't have that.
2007-12-13 14:42:36 · answer #2 · answered by RTO Trainer 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would like to check the roll call vote and see if the commitee chairman and ranking member of the House Intelligence Commitee voted "Aye" on this measure. Because those two individuals, along with the majority and minority staff directors of that committee were briefed by the CIA before water boarding was used on either of the two enemy combatants and those Members gave their permission to use this coercive interrogation technique. If they voted "Aye", they are hypocrites!
I'll also be checking the language of the bill to see if there is even any mention of water boarding or just some generic language prohibiting "torture" without defining what that is.
2007-12-13 16:29:59 · answer #3 · answered by desertviking_00 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
the Geneva convention what a joke.why is it that the united states is the only ones who want to follow the Geneva Convention.none of the other countries follow it.good old USA the sissy country always wants to act like the perfect country that does no wrong.the hell with the Geneva Convention.if our troops are tortured then torture the enemy as well.the house votes to continue to go by the Geneva Convention.unless one of their relatives are captured and tortured by the enemy then i bet they;ll sing a new different tune.we need some real men in the white house.an eye for an eye is the way things should be.so torture,torture,torture.and don;t stop until they tell us what we need to know.
2007-12-13 14:37:32 · answer #4 · answered by bigjon5555 4 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Have they defined torture yet? I mean, in a manner that doesn't leave one asking, "have they defined torture yet?"
How about, instead of "torture" we simply ask them questions, really nicely like a kindergarten teacher would. If they don't answer, then we should let them go.
I'll see y'all the next 9/11.
2007-12-13 14:40:05 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
I note they haven't banned CIA SNOW-boarding, so I guess we'll see them on the slopes and at the half-pipe this winter.
2007-12-13 16:50:27 · answer #6 · answered by Stephen H 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sounds like 199 members should move somewhere were their wishes can be realized.
2007-12-13 14:34:05 · answer #7 · answered by Waas up 5 · 3⤊ 1⤋