There is a current proposal by the Senate to ban torture. Most people agree that torturing someone is a bad thing. Now, we are not talking about the police interrogation techniques that have passed legal muster, what I am talking about its torture.
Let’s say. For example, taking a hammer and whacking the boys a few times.
In general most people don’t like torture, so the Republican controlled Senate says, “OK, we’ll pass a law. No torture.”
And Bush just said recently that “We do not torture!” So this should be an easy pass. We don’t like torture, Bush says we don’t torture. Slam Dunk. Right?
No. The shot is rejected by Richard “hidden location” Cheney who wants an exemption for the CIA from the new law.
My question is, “If the president is saying we don’t torture, and Cheney wants an exemption, who is this “WE” the President is talking about?
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