Let's hear it for torture

Torture, according to Bush/Cheney is good. Without it we can't possibly protect ourselves from terrorists. The CIA has to be given an exception to the Geneva Convention because - well, just because. No country has challenged the Geneva Convention for some 50 plus years, until now. I think this raises interesting questions about the Bush/Cheney motives. Is it the case that they really like torture and want to be able to just go ahead and do it? Yes, I think so. Indeed, I think if you examine their past statements on the subject they seem to be quite proud of it (not only torture but murder as well). Remember Bush's comments once about how it is there are many terrorists who just won't bother us anymore (or some such comment, implying they must have met their fate somewhere, somehow). Aside from the fact that they seem to enjoy torture for its own sake, there is the more important aspect of their position - they are trying to avoid the hangman. They know they are guilty of multiple war crimes. They know if Democrats gain control of either the House or the Senate, or both, they could very well end up not merely impeached but also being tried for war crimes. This is why they are so desperate to get Congress to change the laws retroactively, even though according to our constitution retroactive laws have no force (they are really desperate).

I guess they were (are) so enamoured of American military superiority and power it never occurred to them they could not just break whatever laws they wished. So they went ahead and broke whatever laws they wished and now they may have to pay the price for doing so. I say "may" because it is not at all clear they still won't get away with it (that is what the Republican Congress is for, with the aid of certain Democrats, of course).

If Bush/Cheney succeed in revising the Geneva Convention to their liking, what is to prevent every other country from doing the same. The result of this would be simply to scrap the convention, a step so far backward in time (and morality) as to be disastrous beyond belief. Do you think Bush/Cheney care? Of course not, they want to save their own butts, to hell with the rest of humanity. They have shown no concern whatsoever for humanity up to now - just war, war, war, kill, kill, kill, and keep on doing it presumably forever (it's good for business, and we do have to have that oil).

Of course they don't call it torture. It becomes "alternative interrogation procedures" or other euphemisms. But don't be misled, it's torture they are talking about.