[PAA-Discuss] Bush the torturer

[ChasMauch at aol.com]

Is Bush really stupid enough to cast his first veto  against the $435 billion 
Pentagon appropriations bill that forbids the  "cruel, inhuman, or degrading 
treatment" of prisoners in US custody, which was  passed by a 90 to 9 majority 
in the Senate? This proposal merely codifies what  has been assumed to be the 
law for decades and would require that all U.S.  troops, as well as other 
federal agencies such as the CIA, adhere to  interrogation and detention 
standards outlined in the Army Field  Manual.

If Bush goes on the record officially as objecting to this, it  will 
conclusively confirm that the torture policy being pursued at Abu  Ghraib, Guantanamo, 
and God knows where else (which virtually all Americans  abhor) is approved 
from the very top of this administration.
 
I hope everyone on these lists is following this closely and is prepared to  
unleash the mother of all expressions of outrage by phone calls and letters to 
 representatives and senators (especially the egregious Cornyn who was one of 
 the 9 senators who voted against this legislation), letters to the  media, 
emails to our right wing friends and relatives, and everyone else who  still 
supports this criminal administration in any way at all.
 
Whoever gets the word first, please let the rest of us know as soon as  
possible. I can't imagine an issue better suited for us to use to expose  the 
mendacity of the Bushites. If it does not arouse the sleeping citizenry  to get out 
the torches and pitchforks and impeach these cretins, then  nothing will, and 
we might as well give it up.
 
Charlie M
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