tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-974773076690597683.post601081862187602541..comments2024-03-28T16:08:29.578-04:00Comments on Sardonicky: Torture WatchKaren Garciahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15612731479365562803noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-974773076690597683.post-8050011558258815132014-12-10T00:51:22.566-05:002014-12-10T00:51:22.566-05:00A Brutal "Torture Report," but No Accoun...A Brutal "Torture Report," but No Accountability http://shar.es/137qvO via @sharethisPearlnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-974773076690597683.post-13921436753943573722014-12-10T00:17:31.473-05:002014-12-10T00:17:31.473-05:00Will there be another thin blue line to protect al...Will there be another thin blue line to protect all these war criminals who like the police, have never been indicted for anything? Or will they be considered patriots who cannot be touched? <br />The description of evil has been turned on its head in order to make it unrecognizable to viewers.<br />Sigh.Pearlnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-974773076690597683.post-39647792609097847462014-12-09T22:13:42.375-05:002014-12-09T22:13:42.375-05:00The phrase "Verschärfte Vernehmung" is G...The phrase "Verschärfte Vernehmung" is German for "enhanced interrogation."<br /><br />“The very phrase used by the president [George W. Bush] to describe torture-that-isn't-somehow-torture - "enhanced interrogation techniques" - is a term originally coined by the Nazis. The techniques are indistinguishable. The methods were clearly understood in 1948 as war-crimes. The punishment for them was death.” – Andrew Sullivan, "Verschärfte Vernehmung,"<br /><br />http://www.theatlantic.com/daily-dish/archive/2007/05/-versch-auml-rfte-vernehmung/228158/#disqus_thread<br /><br />Compare the Geheime Staatspolizei or Gestapo guidelines for "Verschärfte Vernehmung" to the Bush Administration’s program of “enhanced interrogation techniques.”<br /><br />The Nazi defense of "Verschärfte Vernehmung" is almost verbatim that of the Bush administration.<br /><br />During the Norwegian war crimes trials, the use of “Verschärfte Vernehmung” was established as a war crime and a capital offense.Denis Nevillenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-974773076690597683.post-73672682042888483602014-12-09T17:42:25.238-05:002014-12-09T17:42:25.238-05:00Well hell, as long as they're just 'folks...Well hell, as long as they're just 'folks'.James F Traynornoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-974773076690597683.post-59583591685986600272014-12-09T16:15:44.563-05:002014-12-09T16:15:44.563-05:00Some presidents are remembered for their stirring ...Some presidents are remembered for their stirring words, e.g., Abraham Lincoln and FDR.<br /><br />President Obama is going to be remembered for a series of wince-inducing tag lines such as "we tortured some folks."<br />voice-in-wildernessnoreply@blogger.com