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Compare and Contrast (Sullivan says Bush & Cheney "more brutal" than the gestapo)
The Atlantic ^ | 16 Mar 2009 | Andrew Sullivan

Posted on 03/17/2009 4:01:51 AM PDT by sarcastro

"Bush and Cheney were, in fact, more brutal in their "enhanced interrogation" than the Gestapo was. And note that I am not engaging in the slightest hyperbole here. I'm not saying that the US is Nazi Germany in any way. I am saying that the torture program used by Bush and Cheney follows exactly the specific methods used by the Gestapo...When the US captured officials who had done to prisoners exactly what the last president did, the US prosecuted them, found them guilty and executed them. The price Cheney pays is a fawning interview on CNN.

That's who we are. That's what we've become."

(Excerpt) Read more at andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com ...


TOPICS: Government; Military/Veterans; Politics
KEYWORDS: bush; gestapo; sullivan; torture
How do you feel about this? Let Andrew know at andrew@theatlantic.com. Though you are certainly free to do and say what you want, please TRY to refrain from 1) making comments about his sexuality, 2) wishing him actual harm- though that last one may be ESPECIALLY difficult, when he compares our former President & VP to the Gestapo and sanctimonously states, "That's who we are. That's what we've become." No, Andrew- just you. And he calls Glenn Beck insane?!

Also, please remind Andrew that Bush & Cheney never dunked soldiers in water to see how long it would take them to die, set up death camps, and- oh yes- never sent HIM to one! (guess his sexuality CAN be somewhat relevant here) Yeah yeah- he'll probably respond that he was "only" talking about interrogation techniques. If he does that, make sure to let him know how full of **it he is- by bringing up Nazis, he knows exactly what he was doing.

One more thing- remind him that he supported the Iraq War, and no amount of shilling for the ultra-ultra-ultra-left will EVER take that away.

1 posted on 03/17/2009 4:01:52 AM PDT by sarcastro
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To: sarcastro
"Bush and Cheney were, in fact, more brutal in their "enhanced interrogation" than the Gestapo was. And note that I am not engaging in the slightest hyperbole here.

What a load of f***ing bu**sh!t!

The man does a brutal disservice to the victims of the Gestapo.

2 posted on 03/17/2009 4:03:38 AM PDT by Petronski (For the next few years, Gethsemane will not be marginal. We will know that garden. -- Cdl. Stafford)
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To: sarcastro

Does he realize how foolish he sounds? Waterboarding and panties on the head = Gestapo/SS tactics? How does one get that far up the pundit ladder with that much ignorance?
The Gestapo tore your fingernails off as a way of saying “Guten Tag” and then proceeded to get serious...

As a former intelligence professional, I must assure you that he doesn’t know sh*t from Shinola.


3 posted on 03/17/2009 4:06:42 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (In honor of my late father-Gysgt/Comm. Chief, USMC WWII, Korea 1925-2002)
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To: sarcastro

The Liberal MSM still would rather talk about the last administration than 0bama.
Funny thing is, the few reports on how things have changed under 0bama say it’s gotten much worse under his administration.


4 posted on 03/17/2009 4:07:31 AM PDT by counterpunch (Kenya has two presidents. America has Zero.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
“The Gestapo tore your fingernails off as a way of saying “Guten Tag” and then proceeded to get serious...”

Sounds kind of like what Obama has in mind for taxpayers.

5 posted on 03/17/2009 4:15:59 AM PDT by bitterohiogunclinger (America held hostage - day 147)
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To: sarcastro

“I lie about innocent people for a living. This is who I am. This is what I’ve become.”

6 posted on 03/17/2009 4:28:27 AM PDT by RichInOC (No! BAD Rich! (What'd I say?))
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To: sarcastro

This Clymer wrote a book called “the conservative soul - how we lost it and how to get it back”!!?????


7 posted on 03/17/2009 4:29:43 AM PDT by sauropod
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

...Yer right guys, BULLSH-T! and f’ing bullsh-t!!!


8 posted on 03/17/2009 4:37:44 AM PDT by gargoyle (People tell me, 'You hate America, leave!' I don't hate America, it's Americans I hate!)
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To: RichInOC

Sullivan is a self loathing homo.


9 posted on 03/17/2009 4:37:55 AM PDT by RU88 (The false messiah can not change water into wine any more than he can get unity from diversity.)
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To: RU88
I happened upon an article last year Sullivan wrote about the “Bear” part of gay culture. He was at Provincetown Mass. and talked about his immersion in the gay lifestyle.

I still feel queasy about reading it. It is the last thing I read by him. He has a sickness that infects everything he does.

I feel so sorry for him but that is one sick puppy.

10 posted on 03/17/2009 4:40:42 AM PDT by IrishCatholic (No local Communist or Socialist Party Chapter? Join the Democrats, it's the same thing!)
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To: bitterohiogunclinger

Sounds like sullivan is into sado-masochism.

Not a bit surprised.

Wonder what he has to say about O’s partial birth abortion policies and O’s unwillingness to give medical treatment to a baby born alive following a botched abortion.


11 posted on 03/17/2009 4:47:38 AM PDT by Carley (President Obama ~ Leaving No Tax Cheat Behind)
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To: sarcastro

Mrs. Prissypants is just trying to be relevant again. I could point out to it, ten times a day for as many years, that he is an idiot and that his recent bit of literary compost is indeed hyperbole and it would not change anything one soupcon.


12 posted on 03/17/2009 5:26:37 AM PDT by WildcatClan (Iam fimus mos ledo ventus apparatus)
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To: sarcastro

Andrew, there’s a world of difference between a few drops of water and a meathook.


13 posted on 03/17/2009 5:29:26 AM PDT by Thrownatbirth (.....Iraq Invasion fan since '91.)
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To: sarcastro
Andrew Sullivan is full of scheisse, to use the German colloquialism.
14 posted on 03/17/2009 5:33:32 AM PDT by an amused spectator (Obama: The Kenyan Anthony Fremont)
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To: sarcastro
Yes, Andrew you ignorant slut. The Gestapo was really just a group of gay choir boys. Just another cog in the security apparatus.


15 posted on 03/17/2009 5:40:29 AM PDT by VeniVidiVici (Yes, Gorbachev is better than Obama. At least Gorbachev admitted he was a Communist)
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To: an amused spectator

Hey Andrew....you didn’t mention HOMOSEXUALITY......what’s wrong????


16 posted on 03/17/2009 5:58:45 AM PDT by Ann Archy
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