tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20795009.post3275220191548157362..comments2023-09-22T15:44:10.411-04:00Comments on CUUMBAYA: The trickle-down effects of tortureJoel Monkahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10631333436948102576noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20795009.post-26588759996039635302009-05-13T15:01:00.000-04:002009-05-13T15:01:00.000-04:00Anytime someone has power like a cop or better yet...Anytime someone has power like a cop or better yet, a nursing home aid, there is a risk of abuse. Witness the <EM>fight club</EM> on the news in Texas at an assisted living center.<br /><br />If you don't check that, it accelerates.<br /><br />That's far different than an interrogation policy which is secret, and the circles involved limited. We waterboarded three people... some say the policy impacted Abu Garib etc, and we need the hearings (including Nancy Pelosi under oath) to get to the bottom of that, but I doubt those connections are going to pan out. Some will argue interrogaters used EIT for kicks but once the documents released unredacted I don't think that's going to be the case.<br /><br />If were really concerend about violence and sadism begatting more violence and sadism, we really ought to start with our TV. <br /><br />Americans watch graphic barbarism routinely there.<br /><br />It's worth noting Obama's just encouranged the Paks to use the strong arm in the NW Frontier displacing upwards of a million people, and has named a new Commander for Afghanistan with a reuptation for squeezing info out of informants with a rough manner.<br /><br />A Prez will do what a Prez needs to do to win wars.<br /><br />Even if it means putting a million civilians into DP camps.<br /><br />And notice the silence in the UU blogospher on AFPAK too... <br /><br />Peace Makers gone mum on this war save one <A HREF="http://pfarrerstreccius.blogspot.com/2009/04/abdul-ghaffar-khan-muslim-pacifist-and.html" REL="nofollow">post</A> from Alex Winnant which he later purged of references to a Christian (Rev King) and Hindu (Ghandi) as models for our Muslim allies.Bill Baarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07095486926836836714noreply@blogger.com