Pelosi - other lawmakers - briefed on use of torture - did NOT object

[burdell]

Originally Posted by OC Investor2

Any member of that comittee - or any other congress person - who cannot produce a copy of the letter they sent to the white house w/in 72 hours of getting such a breifing expressing concern with the program has NO grounds to complain about it. They are in fact complicit, and to turn around now and question the Bush administration is pure hypocrisy.

Yeah, it'd kinda be like Newt chasing an adulterer, eh?

[TigerLily24]

Anyone who approved this needs to be held accountable. I am no fan of Speaker Pelosi's and I have expressed my feelings about her previously.

Not sure when people started thinking that democrats, republicans, liberals, conservatives, etc. follow their respective party leaders in lock-step, without thought. If anything is clear to me from the past eight years, it is that our congressional representatives have little, if any, concern for the actual desires of their constituents and are in no way deserving of blind loyalty under any circumstances.
When the movement starts really rolling for term limits in Congress, I will be at the head of that line.


Interesting article today detailing the military objections that were completely ignored:

Bush Administration Ignored Military's Strong Opposition To Torture Program

[idahogie]

Originally Posted by AeroGuyDC

I'll give you credit Idahogie for taking the high road. But do I need to drag up the threads on waterboarding methods that your liberal counterparts found so abhorrent?

I call it like I see it, and the liberal left going out of their way to go after Bush officials is nothing but hypocrisy, and you know that.

Liberals have once again been called out.

You don't look too smart when you "throw down the gauntlet" and trumpet the fact that liberals are once again ... blah blah blah.

All the liberals commenting here are agreeing that anybody involved - if they knew about torture, should be penalized. I even showed you another thread where I'd already made that comment.

Torture is wrong. Anybody who did or approved it should go down. We're consistent, and not partisan.

So your crowing is pretty stupid.

[thefinalsay]

can we hold congress and the president responsible for their idiocy? it's been a torture to watch it.

[cuebald]

Originally Posted by domergurl

It doesn't matter what politcal flavor you are ... if torture was condoned and encouraged by anyone in Congress or the administration .... they should be held accountable.

Agreed.

Period.

End of message.