tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-379287241318002122.post1491068006105446726..comments2024-01-28T08:54:32.914-06:00Comments on That's interesting...: Cheney has no problem with torturing the innocentBill Garthrighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08552459555883204060noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-379287241318002122.post-69641654904409758722015-01-01T10:07:49.882-06:002015-01-01T10:07:49.882-06:00Exactly right, Jim. Cheney thinks torture is justi...Exactly right, Jim. Cheney thinks torture is justified if Americans are in danger. Leaving aside what it does to <i>us</i>, in so many different ways, and the fact that it's a piss-poor way to get information, does he really think that other nations tortured prisoners for no reason at all?<br /><br />The Gestapo tortured prisoners during World War II, when Germany was in a fight for its life. So did the Imperial Japanese. So was that justified, then?<br /><br />What if Muslim terrorists torture <i>our</i> people? Are they justified because we're waging a 'war on terror' against them? Are they justified to torture in defense of Islam, as they see it?<br /><br />If we can torture people whenever we feel scared, how can we criticize anyone else for doing the exact same thing? But this is the problem with conservatives like Cheney. It's always about <i>them</i>. They have no empathy for anyone else, and they can't - or won't - put themselves in someone else's shoes.<br /><br /><i>They're</i> justified in torturing people when <i>they</i> get scared, but no one else is. I suppose that's because 'God' is on their side, huh? After all, that's not a claim anyone else makes, right? LOL<br />Bill Garthrighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08552459555883204060noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-379287241318002122.post-71188170523305741272014-12-15T13:21:44.762-06:002014-12-15T13:21:44.762-06:00If Americans were treated by these techniques in a...If Americans were treated by these techniques in another country, I wonder what Cheney would call those techniques then. War is horrible, but we do have rules for war. We can't break them because we feel righteous.Jim Harrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09953679196185650753noreply@blogger.com