Comments on: Judge Bars Some Bin Laden Driver Evidence

War Crimes Judge Says Former Driver Was Subjected To "Highly Coercive" Conditions At Afghan Base

[smurfcrusher]

One of the "side effects" of torture that eludes this administration, is the fact that it doesn''t just cause the victim to suffer, but it devalues, and degrades the torturer as well.

It means that the terrorists have won a victory, from turning us from a country which believes in fairness and justice, to a place that believes the ends justifies the means.

Not only is torture ineffective, but it hands the moral high ground to the enemy, at least in their eyes (which matters, since that is what guides their behavior).

It serves as an honest and effective recruiting tool. What better than to be martyred by the enemy, and be cleansed by suffering, knowing that they are the unjust?

It disturbs me that this administration is so incompetent that all of this is like glass in a swimming pool.

Just because they can''t see it, doesn''t mean it won''t cut.

[smurfcrusher]

ajayvee, I don''t know that there has been as hated a politician as George W. Bush in generations.

All richly deserved; especially given that it will take generations also to fix the destruction he has wreaked.

None of this would matter to him; he''s The Decider, God tells him what to do, or at least that hollow echo he hears in his thick skull that he interprets as such.

That''s why he calls the Constitution a "God- Da mned piece of paper!"

He doesn''t understand what it represents.... Not an opportunity to loot a country, but instead a way to govern to laws not people, to allow millions to benefit from the Enlightenment principles it was founded on.

Pearls before swine.

[smurfcrusher]

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[smurfcrusher]

"War Crimes Judge Bars Afghanistan Evidence
Bin Laden''s Former Driver Was Subjected To "Highly Coercive" Conditions At Afghan Air Base"

Too bad King George lied about torture.

If he prohibited torture, as his Democratic colleagues suggested, we would be able to try and perhaps lock this guy up.

I guess this means we shouldn''t torture.

And yes, shipping prisoners off to places that torture, does count.

Friggin'' fools.

[ajayvee]

I have been reading comments here, there and everywhere and I find such hatred for President Bush. Deserved or not is besides the point; it is there. Is it possible that he is so completely shielded from newspapers, radio, television that he really is not aware of this animosity? I can see clearly now that this hatred is so intertwined with a frustration arising from the general public realization that even after Mr. Bush leaves office, there is no court in the land, or in the world, for that matter, that can do anything to him. And I worry about what could possibly be on the horizon for Mr. Bush when he is no longer head of state and protected by a thousand soldiers and bodyguards every time he goes for a cr*p. Our history has been darkened sufficiently over the last 8 years, it certainly does not need another black spot.

[feelfree4u]

The Bush League global crime network gets spanked once again by the rule of law. This is encouraging.

Torturing people is a very serious crime. Holding people for years and abusing them without ever charging them with a crime is a disgrace to the stated ideals of the United States and to civilized people everywhere.

Even if this man has committed a crime, which I seriously doubt, his shameful treatment leaves us with no legitimate option but to apologize to him and release him.

The only terrorists, torturers, and mass-murderers that we need concern ourselves with are the ones that have seized control of our Federal Government and who are destroying and plundering our nation.

All other current threats are insignificant by comparison.

Bush/Cheney for Prison in 2008!!!