09 June 2010

Bush's ongoing irrational torture fetish

Last week, Politico reported that George W. Bush said he "has no regrets about waterboarding Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, saying that, if presented with the same opportunity, he'd 'do it again.'"

Never mind the fact that Mohammed has already been tortured at least 183 times by the CIA.

Never mind the fact that experts agree that torture does not produce reliable intelligence, because the victim is likely to say whatever he thinks his torturer wants to hear, in order to make the pain stop.

And never mind the fact that Mohammad himself gave false information to the CIA after being tortured.

Bush, of course, has never let facts or logic get in the way of his agenda.

And that is one of the reasons why the world is such a mess today.

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