Wednesday, June 09, 2004
Another Commonwealth Citizen Scores
From the letters to today's Times:
Get it? They don't give a s***. As far as they're concerned, "American troops" are lucky to have jobs, and if they don't like the possibility of getting tortured they don't have to enlist.
THE PEOPLE RUNNING THE COUNTRY DON'T GIVE A S*** ABOUT ANYTHING BUT MONEY AND POWER.
What did anyone expect? They're from the OIL BUSINESS.
The Torture Memo, and the OutcryYes, Mark, they realize. THEY DON'T CARE.
Published: June 9, 2004
To the Editor:
Re "Lawyers Decided Bans on Torture Didn't Bind Bush" (front page, June 8):
Invoking national security, administration lawyers determined that an international treaty and a federal law prohibiting torture "must be construed as inapplicable to interrogation undertaken pursuant to" the president's "commander-in-chief authority."
The arrogance and shortsightedness of this opinion would be shocking were it not fully consistent with many other actions indicating that the Bush administration considers itself above international law.
Don't the administration and its legal advisers realize that this interpretation provides a license for leaders of every other country to ignore anti-torture agreements, placing Americans (including American troops) at risk around the world?
MARK E. HAHN
Vineyard Haven, Mass., June 8, 2004
Get it? They don't give a s***. As far as they're concerned, "American troops" are lucky to have jobs, and if they don't like the possibility of getting tortured they don't have to enlist.
THE PEOPLE RUNNING THE COUNTRY DON'T GIVE A S*** ABOUT ANYTHING BUT MONEY AND POWER.
What did anyone expect? They're from the OIL BUSINESS.
