Posted on 08/30/2009 10:46:59 AM PDT by rabscuttle385
Says Abuse of Detainees Helped al Qaeda Recruit Terrorists, But Opposes Investigation into "Enhanced" Interrogations.
BY MICHELLE LEVI
Senator John McCain (R-Ariz.) said he thinks it is a "serious mistake" for the administration to focus on the past when investigating the interrogation techniques of the CIA under President Bush on "Face the Nation" Sunday. "For us now to go back, I think, would be a serious mistake.
"I believe that the president was right when he said we ought to go forward and not back. I worry about the morale and effectiveness of the CIA. I worry about this thing getting out of control," the Arizona senator said.
On "Fox News Sunday," former Vice Former Vice President Dick Cheney said that the president's decision to appoint a special prosecutor to review the Bush administration's interrogation strategies "offended the hell" out of him.
McCain admitted that he was "radically opposed" to the interrogation techniques of the former administration and said, "I think it harmed us."
Host Bob Schieffer asked if the senator agreed with Vice President Cheney that the interrogations produced helpful information for the United States in fighting terrorism.
"I think these interrogations once publicized helped al-Qaeda recruit. I got that from an al Qaeda operative in a prison camp in Iraq," McCain said. "I think the ability to work with our allies was harmed."
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Did you see him at the wake and funeral? He's always positioned near someone he knows TV cameras will focus on. It's a wonder he didn't climb into Ahnold's pocket or Joan's Kennedy's lap.
And just think, stepping right up on the national stage is another nut who's fallen right under his family tree, Miss Megamania McCain. How much more of this can we take?
I just sent my sympathies to my relatives in Tucson.
Leni
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LLS
“Yet more evidence that the GOP really screwed up when it nominated McCain. Someone needs to ask McCain exactly when the Taliban and Al Quaida signed the Geneva Convention and where in the Geneva Convention it approved of hijacking civilian aircraft and flying them into buildings. Where in the Geneva Convention it OKs sawing off the heads of captives and distributing videos of it and where it approves of dragging the mutilated bodies of captives and KIAs through the streets. “
Well stated. The problem is McCain ain’t all there.
McCain is showing serious signs of senility. His ability to reason gets worse by the week.
That’s exactly what I do. I’ve never heard of an actual conservative Democrat. There is no such creature.
McQueeg strikes again. Arizona? Vote this RINO out and vote for Simcox.
STFU McGeezer
Can we appoint a delegation to go see John McLame, tell him to just sit down and STFU???
Why does’nt he just declare himself a Democrat and be done with it? Go over with Arlen, your buddy, and take Collins and Snowe wth you too.
“Therefore, the Geneva Conventions barely apply here, if at all!”
They don’t apply - at all. Has anyone in our government read the dang thing?
Which makes these thugs “Unlawful” enemy combatants.
They do not DESERVE the HONOR of POW status!
Done deal!
LLS
“Well, the Geneva Conventions do tell us what a “lawful combatant” is, someone representing a country and wearing a uniform and following international rules of war.”
Which is why terrorists aren’t protected by it. It’s not just a matter of honor, but of people like McCain missing the entire point for the Conventions. It wasn’t so much to protect soldiers in a war, but civilian populations by encouraging the soldiers to be identifiable and follow the rules of war.
i know...we can barely get enough with just one party
I agree!
McCain is one obtuse and deranged man.
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