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2005-11-10 Terror Networks & Islam

McCain vows to add torture ban to all major Senate legislation

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Posted by Captain America 2005-11-10 19:22|| || Front Page|| [2 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 McCain has had a hard-on to defeat Bush since 1999 when he lost the nomination.

Remember, this guy with the 'halo' was one of the Keating Five -- and the only Republican among them.

Besides his ego, I wouldn't vote for McCain for Pres. because he's never run anything bigger than his office staff, except for his mouth.

Posted by anon 2005-11-10 19:44|| 2005-11-10 19:44|| Front Page Top

#2 McCain's was tortured while he was a prisoner during the Vietnam War. I guess he would have preferred the "take no prisoners" approach that this may promote. As a taxpayer, I have no desire to spend vast amounts of resources on debating the fine points of what is humane and what is not. McCain wants to give halal meals to terrorists; I want to give them lead.

Posted by Darrell 2005-11-10 19:48|| 2005-11-10 19:48|| Front Page Top

#3 Let's not forget that McCain is the author of the most tyrannical law of the last 50 years, McCain Feingold, which prevents us from speaking up on political issues anywhere near an election.

He'd make a right jolly old tyrant.

Posted by AlanC">AlanC 2005-11-10 19:53|| 2005-11-10 19:53|| Front Page Top

#4 McCain starts talking when the refrigerator light comes on in the morning. I hope he will be defeated in the primaries. If he is the nominee, I will have to stay home (for the first time since 1968.)

Posted by SR-71 2005-11-10 19:53|| 2005-11-10 19:53|| Front Page Top

#5 I respect his position on torture, as long as he is willing to spell out what types of practices he considers to be torture. Bandying about ill-defined terms like "inhumane" and "cruel" is great for politicians, but bad for soldiers.

Posted by Super Hose 2005-11-10 19:54|| 2005-11-10 19:54|| Front Page Top

#6 I respect the issues surrounding torture.

But McCain has ridden that claim to moral fame for way too long now. I suppose the Vietnam war won't die until the last damn baby boomer does, tho.

Posted by anon 2005-11-10 20:05|| 2005-11-10 20:05|| Front Page Top

#7 e-mail message to Senator McCain:

I applaud your service to the Country, Senator, from a time when it was not recognized as such.

My son served in Iraq earlier this year.

While I appreciate your position on "torture" Senator, I am afraid of a long, costly debate about what is considered "humane" treatment. We
already have a great many Americans who consider underwear on the head as 'torture'!

While I think I understand your position, Senator, I am afraid our enemies will look at your concerns as 'weakness'.

Please reconsider your position, Senator.

Sincerely, ...

Hat tips to other Rantburgers,

Posted by Bobby 2005-11-10 21:38|| 2005-11-10 21:38|| Front Page Top

#8 McCain gave great sevice during the war but I am sorry he has no place being pro or con on the issue of Torture and Interrogation. The reason is simple he is a victim of such if you have been raped you are inelligeble to serve on the jury of a rape trial. Gives him a automatic biased view from the victim prospective thats why.

Besides that McCain is a LLL not a conservative albiet a center left Dem he is still a dem you just cant tell latley cuase most Dems are Radical Left LLL, Kerry, Dean, Kennedy, Rokefeller, Boxer, Pelosi, ect.....

I am so tired of hearing the dum f*ck excusses on Torture.
Oh torture dont work=== then why the hell is it still used to this day to get info???

Oh the info you get is not usefull====thier is another interrogation tatic were all the info is believable and not some lies??????? not to mention even lies often can be good intellegence barring due to human nature lies are often loosly fact or they arent believable. Beside anyone with half a brain knows all interrogation is cross checked with intell and the interrogator doesnt lay his cards down so the enemy must guess what the interrogator knows when telling his lie becuase those parts he must match or the interrogator knows he is lying and the game continues on and on and on until the lies end and the truth is given.

Oh it makes us like them========="peace-love-&-Happiness" bullsh*t War is hell and the more we sterelize our war tatics the less the threat of war with us becomes the more people we are going to have to fight continuous war or many many wars is worse and more damaging in the long run than few brutal hellish wars. simple common sence annalogy, everyone will fight a bigger guy in a boxing match with rules and all for fun, but not many people unless absolutley nessecary will jump on a big guy with bare knuckles feet knee's all open no rules two man enter one man leave rules. One is no big deal just playing the other is no way. We will have more and more continous war if we continue on this "peace-love-&-happiness" mentality, we are the big guy with boxing gloves and rules why not go a couple of rounds wont get hurt that bad, Total WAR should be our policy short Nukes, War is Hell War is Brutal and we should prosecute it as such we should be the big guy no gloves, Gineva Convention we will honor only if our enemy does period. Otherwise god have mercy on you. This mentality will end this endless purpetual war sh*t we have come to. When we say something only say it if we are prepared to back it up and then our enemies will know when we show up its do or die period. Theodore Roosevelt "Talk Softly & Carry a Big Stick". These changes should be put into our constitution as a ammendment that way we have no more Vietnams, or Samalia's were we deploy our military with BS rules of war made by some f*ck wad in the Ivory Tower with no Heart or Experience in Military. These rules should be simple when the pres deploys the military they should be under the generals control and his sole job is victory or meeting whatever the objective is period.

Posted by C-Low 2005-11-10 22:15|| 2005-11-10 22:15|| Front Page Top

#9 McCain is not the only person held captive and tortured in Vietnam. Unfortunately, there were many who fell victim to the Viet Cong.

McCain uses his captivity like no one else in public. Books, movies, his entire political career is anchored by his regrettable time held by the Viet Cong.

Posted by Captain America 2005-11-10 22:48|| 2005-11-10 22:48|| Front Page Top

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