Acidus wrote:
] ] "If they're in cell block 1A or 1B, these prisoners --
] ] they're murderers, they're terrorists, they're
] ] insurgents," said Inhofe, a conservative from Oklahoma.
] ] "Many of them probably have American blood on their
] ] hands. And here we're so concerned about the treatment of
] ] those individuals."
]
] And by "a conservative from Oklahoma," they mean a Republican
] Senator. This isn't some hate filled politically driven
] talk show host saying these remarks. The is a
] Representative of the American people in the highest
] house of the Congress, telling the world the torture inflicted
] at Abu Ghraib was justified,and dehumanizing the victums as
] people not worthy of rights.

One of America's basic principles is the assumption of innocence until the proof of guilt. If we are supposed to be bringing democracy to Iraq, I would expect those principles to be upheld.

This Senator tiptoes around the fact that there are detainees in Abu Ghraib who are not guilty of any crime. He said "Many of them probably have American blood on their hands." 'Many' and 'probably' are subjective. They can mean anything.

If we are going to roll back the clocks to Spanish inquisition tactics, let's just fold now and quit calling America a democracy. Be aware though that a government willing to use torture against the civilians of a foreign country has the moral capability to use that same torture against its own population.

RE: GOP senator - Why are we so concerned about treatment of terrorists?