Posted on 12/10/2014 5:19:35 AM PST by Oldeconomybuyer
China and Iran have slammed the United States after a Senate report revealed that the CIA brutalised terror suspects after the 9/11 attacks. The fallout has reached well beyond the US.
China - a country often accused by rights groups of using torture - on Wednesday called on the US to "correct its ways and earnestly respect and follow the rules of related international conventions".
Iran, where America was famously called the "Great Satan", said the report showed the US government is a "symbol of tyranny against humanity".
President Barack Obama said the techniques "did significant damage to America's standing in the world and made it harder to pursue our interests with allies and partners".
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Oh my, a former female, lol.
I know, I know, (female) former JAG, etc.
Yeah, putting panties on a prisoner or water boarding a terrorist is sooo much worse than running over protesters with a tank or beheading people because of their religious beliefs.
I can clear exif data from any jpeg/img in my possession with a simple command line. It means nothing.
Oh, and BTW difi, what did you officially do about it while you were officially in office?
Im surpried that kim jung un....or North Korea didnt join the chorus
1) But why would you on such a picture. I wouldn’t, I’d want to preserve the picture as taken.
2) If you would take a look at the image in GIMP, I’m curious what you think about the plane.
3) If you would explore the image at the fotoforensice link I’d be curious what you think.
It is a dirty, dirty world out there and the unfortunate part is a subset of our society have to roll around in the gutter and get dirty defending us so people like you can tell the United States it needs to "behave". You think "we" are bad? You should read up on how the Russians treat terrorists. Go tell them to behave.
“I am a very conservative Latin Mass former female JAG officer who was devastated when it came out that the CIA had abandoned American values.”
Ma’am, with all due respect, for one, I wouldn’t believe a word a Democrat says and that is based on empirical data. Second, CIA operatives and the head of the program that allegedly employed these horrific measures was not consulted. Third, every one of the senators who were on the committee were constantly briefed on what was going on. They knew what was being employed and what information was garnered from those interrogations.
As it does appear that the events that transpired are not of “American” values, I submit that Bin Laden was our number 1 target and the CIA used any method available to acquire information to terminate said target. And they did so, with extreme prejudice.
Here is the travesty. Knowing what methods were used to get information on Bin Laden, our President took a victory lap after SEAL team 6 finished the job that took 10 years of work.
As an aside to this, Daniel Pearl had his head cut off by the same terrorists who we are being accused of torturing.
Yes I know, and I believe that the report was released to harm Republicans. Nonetheless, we have come full circle. From the belief that harsh interrogations measures elicit unreliable information, 180 degrees to approving waterboarding and worse to the final conclusion that harsh interrogations measures elicit unreliable information.
The CIA is depraved and needs to be rebuilt. I don’t know that the Republicans are up to the job, they seem to want to play kissy face with the Democrats.
lol
I agree. If you’re going to destroy the evil bass turds, you’re going to have to get down in the mud with them. JMO. I guess I’m old school. Nice guys ALWAYS finish last. This is why I believe that politicians should always be the first “boots on the ground” when America goes to war. Maybe then those pompous asses will understand.
The Russians are beyond help. I say this as the granddaughter of a Russian who hated the communists and got out as a very young adult.
the world is a dirty place and one does what one must to survive.
yeah, that was just stoopid, you can’t tell me we had to do that to survive lol
btw I hope you didn't spell like that when you were a female jag.
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