General Batiste On Torture/Rumsfeld
By Justin Gardner | Related entries in Law, The War On Terrorism, WarThis is from a guy who was commander of the First Infantry Division of the Army at the start of the war. He has only recently come out against our tactics in the WoT. There are some who may have a higher moral authority on this issue, but not very many. Please watch.
“And I applaud our elected leaders, who are finally stepping up to the plate, both Republicans and Democrats, to ask the right questions. God Bless ‘em, they’re doing what we elected them to do, to hold people accountable.”
“Listen, this country abides by the laws of war, period. Period. We occupy the moral high ground and we can not, should not, never will step down from that.”
Bravo General. Well said.
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September 19th, 2006 at 2:23 pm
I am so glad to see Donklephant coming down hard and clearly on this issue. The General is right. The moral high ground must not be ceded.
September 20th, 2006 at 9:19 am
I think we’re overlooking something.
Both McCain’s and Bush’s proposals effectively suspend Habeus Corpus. If the administration gains the right to hold people indefinitely, all other legal measures become irrelevant.
If you read both proposals carefully, they contain provisions that can be interpreted in such a way as to imprison US citizens indefinitely if they “provide aid to terrorists.” Afterall, the Bush administration can interpret “aid to terrorists” however they see fit.
Does that include, as Bush insists, simple dissent from the administration’s goals?
September 27th, 2006 at 2:51 pm
[...] He’s spoken out against Rumsfeld’s incompetent handling of the Iraq war, but he’s still putting Democrats between a rock and an anti-war base. [...]