Posted on 12/10/2014 5:03:48 PM PST by Bettyprob
Texas Senator Ted Cruz is reminding Americans that no civilized nation should ever torture prisoners.
“Torture is wrong, unambiguously. Period. The end. Civilized nations do not engage in torture and Congress has rightly acted to make absolutely clear that the United States will not engage in torture,” Cruz said during the Q-and-A portion of a speech at the Heritage Foundation.
(Excerpt) Read more at breitbart.com ...
disappointing
he’s running for President, he has to say that.
Shallow.
Oh Noes!
Now we can’t support Ted! /s
The key is in the definition of torture, is it torture to subject prisoners to the same thing we inflict on out on troops in training?
Well according to another Ivy league attorney....
It depends on what the meaning of “is” is....
Depends on what the definition of torture is in Ted’s head.
If this is based on that partisan pap that Dianne was spewing, that would mean Ted isn’t doing his homework.
Ted Cruz said torture is wrong. I tend to think it is wrong, it is something Nazi Machine did, and maybe other tyrannies, but for a Freedom Loving Nation, we should be above this.
Thank you. Yes, correct.
Really? You know in WW2 the enemy soldiers wanted to surrender to us because we would treat them decently?
Is repeated music torture?
Is interrupted sleep schedule torture?
Is waterboarding torture?
How about beheading?
Raping your wife in front of you and disemboweling your family before your eyes?
Chopping off hands?
Our side did the top three, Saddam and Al Qaeda did the bottom three.
Bonus question, did the ATF torture the Branch Davidians by broadcasting the death screams of rabbits at deafening levels, “These Boots Are Made For Walking”, did donuts in tanks over the graves of family members, etc.?
If the top 3 are torture then Clinton and Reno engaged in torture STATESIDE.
Yeah, it’s like the pope saying “ Jesus loves you”, it’s obligatory if he wants the job.
CC
I need to get the full context of what Senator Ted Cruz really said. If that's what he both said and intended, he needs to learn some hard lessons from Vice-President Dick Cheney...and pronto! In this case, I unabashedly stand with Dick!
Wonder what he thinks of Seal BUDS...?
Nuclear war has the potential to kill your citizenry by the hundreds of millions in a single day. You do what you have to do in order to stop people who have demonstrated that they mean your nation harm.
Sometimes squeemishness towards those who intend to slaughter you is childish and stupid.
I hope my statements are unambiguous.
Making that remark is a mistake. Cruz does not have to say anything. It looks like pandering.
If he is running for Prez, he needs to be very careful before he jumpz on the media dem bandwagon regarding a totally partisan report.
Define torture....
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