Mukasey is all wet
Michael Mukasey might be the next Attorney General of the United States of America. Michael Mukasey will not admit that waterboarding is torture. What the hell? I mean, really. What the hell? From Thinkprogress.com,
‘Mukasey called the interrogation technique “over the line” and “repugnant” on “a personal basis,” but added that he would need the “actual facts and circumstances” to strike a “legal opinion.”’
He needs more facts to strike a legal opinion. Waterboarding was used during the Spanish Inquisition. Japanese soldiers and The Gestapo used waterboarding to torture prisoners during WWII. Aren’t those facts clear enough? Wouldn’t you think that a reasonable person would acknowledge that waterboarding is torture? Mukasey wants to be Attorney General. Why won’t he say it’s torture? From the editorial, “Mukasey should admit waterboarding is torture” in the Wisconsin State Journal,
“He won ‘t say so because there is every indication that the United States has used waterboarding to torture its prisoners and that the American government, most certainly including Gonzales and most likely including President Bush, have approved its use.”
He’s going to dodge the question if he wants to become Attorney General. And he’ll dodge the question while he is Attorney General. It’s the nature of the Bush administration. Truth never figures into the equation. There used to be this thing called the Geneva Convention that we respected. Oh well. We have exactly a year left until these idiots get voted out of office. I can’t hold my breath that long. But I guess that’s fits this situation. This administration is torture.
