Senate Approves Detainee Treatment Rules
Delivering a rare wartime slap at Pentagon authority and President Bush, the GOP-controlled Senate voted 90-9 on Wednesday to back an amendment that would prohibit the use of "cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment" against anyone in U.S. government custody, regardless of where they are held.
Jesus Christ, I can't figure out what bothers me more; that we need a bill to tell us not to treat people badly, or that it's actually opposed by 9 Senators, the White House, the Pentagon, or anyone else in power. Anyway, it's still nice to see something with bipartisan support, even if it is something so basic that it should be assumed in the first place.
Maybe if we beat those other nine Senators enough, they'll change their votes. After all, they are in favor of that sort of thing, right?
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I actually heard a sound bite from Ted Stevens, the republican senator from Alaska. He was the only one to speak against the measure on the senate floor. He said we ought to treat them the way they treat us. I don't even know where to start, there are so many responses to that. How can you even reason with someone who's so completely out to lunch? I really hope that these ammendments stay in the bill when it goes to Bush. How fitting if he uses his first veto to promote torture.
Yeah, that would definitely be fitting. And disgusting.
Maybe if we beat those other nine Senators enough, they'll change their votes. After all, they are in favor of that sort of thing, right?
Great Idea!
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