Comments on: Obama Pledges To End Torture To Help ‘Regain America’s Moral Stature In The World’

By: EugeneDebs

EugeneDebs — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 20:36:29 +0000

Tim Vaculik Says:

You are a fascist and ignorant piece of garbage Timmeh a coward of monumental propotions.

For all of you who want to close Club Gitmo, I hope they release the terrorists imprisoned there in YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
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Why would they? That is stupid, they will be tried or released to THEIR country. I hope YOU and your SON get arrested held without trial for 7 years. I mean you dont care about the rule of law so why should it apply to you? You dont care about our rights because you are a coward and the APPEARANCE of keeping you safe by being brutal to the scary turban guys is all you care about. You are a simpering cowardly bufoon.

If you think they will be successfully prosecuted in our courts I have ocean-front property in Arizona for you…
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If we cannot find them guilty of anything in a court of law then they ARE NOT GUILTY AS PER THE LAW. My GOD you are ignorant. IF they are not guilty as per the law then they should go free. You cowardly fascist piece of ignorance.

Second, I wish all of you who WOULDN’T have waterboarded Khalid Sheik Mohammed to have been presnt in LA when the terrorist plot WE FOILED would have gone down.
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They dont become guilty by dint of being accused of a crime you ignorant punk. They can be treated as POWs or they must be tried you fascist ignorant cowardly punk.

By: BaxterJ

BaxterJ — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 20:17:34 +0000

Glad they addressed this issue.

By: Tim Vaculik

Tim Vaculik — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 02:37:29 +0000

For all of you who want to close Club Gitmo, I hope they release the terrorists imprisoned there in YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD.

If you think they will be successfully prosecuted in our courts I have ocean-front property in Arizona for you…

Second, I wish all of you who WOULDN’T have waterboarded Khalid Sheik Mohammed to have been presnt in LA when the terrorist plot WE FOILED would have gone down.

MORONS! When will you come to understand that the enemy must be DEALT WITH in whatever terms required to protest and defend our country?

By: sacopenapa

sacopenapa — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 19:10:03 +0000

Keeping gates in the Pentagon, a criminal who was involved in the Iran-Contra scandal, is more of the same!!!! WHERE IS THE CHANGE???????

By: sacopenapa

sacopenapa — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 19:08:24 +0000

Obama’s picked for inteligence transitional team John Brhanan the criminal who promoted WMD, soy on americans, promoted redition flights, used of torture, black sites and secreet prisions. WHERE IS THE CHANGE??????????????!!!!!!!! Obama, please, do not disapoint us! People voted, you have a mandate! So far it has been a ot of rethoric but no Real change! It is begining to sound like Pelosi…

By: SKdeA

SKdeA — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 18:51:24 +0000

leekinny, that is an unfortunate turn of phrase in this case… feet held to the fire? What are you, a darn torturer? ;)

By: leekinny

leekinny — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 14:46:17 +0000

The number one priority of the incoming Obama administration should be to end torture, disappearances and prisoner mistreatment.

It appears that it is. That’s a good thing to set us on a better track. Feet need to be held to the fire until we see it actually happen. The last eight years have made us skeptical.

By: markusmarkus

markusmarkus — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 13:51:15 +0000

As I’ve read through comments, I’ve noted the issue of pardons has been frequently mentioned. The problem – booosh’s problem – with pardons for torturers, et al, is that if the person granting a pardon – boooosh in this case – is part of the illegal act – here torture – the pardons are null and void. Basically, because booosh authorized torture he can not legally grant pardons to those who acted on his authority.

By: Nevar

Nevar — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 13:50:58 +0000

Rowan Berkeley Says:

OBL’s dead.

Quite possibly. I guess we’ll soon find out for sure, eh?

By: pablito

pablito — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 13:46:36 +0000

DONE AND DONE.

George Bush bankrupted our country in so many ways — one can argue the relative impact of each — but I maintain that moral bankruptcy is the easiest and most important form of bankruptcy to repair. We can float for a while with economic crisis, start implementing climate regulations, etc, but we have got to have the world taking us seriously again as a beacon of moral action. Thank you Barack, as far as I’m concerned if you can just put our moral standing back to where it was before Bush and his fellow war criminals threw it in the toilet, your job is done.

By: the Lone Voice of Reason

the Lone Voice of Reason — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 12:37:11 +0000

Maybe we can send them (repugs) to the South when they secede?

http://news.yahoo.com/s/csm/20081117/ts_csm/aaryan

We have got to quit letting these idiots breed–Darwinism isn’t working fast enough

By: augusteighteenth

augusteighteenth — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 12:20:46 +0000

@ Max 1

yes your right..more then closing it needs to be done…but do you really expect Obama to lay out his game plan on how too bust Bush? He cant say too much this soon..he is not in a position to carry out threats and as it is..BUSH is already making his attempt at having Executive Priviledge

People need to stop expecting so many words from a president elect..that might hinder his goals

By: Perry logan

Perry logan — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 11:10:06 +0000

Just to highlight how far we’ve fallen: in 1998, President Bill Clinton signed the Torture Victims Relief Act.

By: Keith

Keith — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 08:12:49 +0000

OT, but it’s late and Faiz deserves cudos. On CNN today:
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LISA SYLVESTER, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): Congress passes the laws, but the president has the authority to define how the executive agencies interpret those laws. President Bush has been busy with his pen, signing 23 executive orders this year alone, setting new policies.

Democratic critics say many of those orders were tailored for Mr. Bush’s conservative base.

FAIZ SHAKIR, CTR. FOR AMERICAN PROGRESS: It has been eight years of catering to special interest, catering to big industry, at the neglect of workers, consumers, environment.

SYLVESTER: The Obama transition team has already identified Bush executive orders they plan to reverse.
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I’m sure Faiz said more, but it was edited down. Eight years of wages going down is bad for the economy, no matter how great the Republicans think it is.

By: Rowan Berkeley

Rowan Berkeley — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 07:24:44 +0000

OBL’s dead.

By: Who Lied Today?

Who Lied Today? — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 05:07:56 +0000

I’ve said it here before and I’ll say it again…

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ohXsdbF-7jc

End the madness

By: DRxJ

DRxJ — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 04:40:26 +0000

Let me re-emphasis what Obama said, and Zooey eluded to:

“AMERICA DOES NOT TORTURE!!!”

By: Max-1

Max-1 — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 04:32:33 +0000

Torturing Democracy
http://torturingdemocracy.org/

By: Jackie

Jackie — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 04:30:00 +0000

It clears the path for the Bush Administration to be charged with War Crimes by the United Nations. As for those the idiot Bush pardons, there’s still the charges overseas that all these criminals will have to deal with. As for those still employed while getting a pardon they will be given the pick slip. Obama can’t afford to have criminals working in the CIA.

If there are any law students, lawyers or paralegal there is employment at the DOJ.

By: Max-1

Max-1 — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 04:19:37 +0000

Jeremy Scahill & Naomi Klein
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4lrLhZovmtI