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In reply to the discussion: The CIA Waterboarded the Wrong Man 83 Times in 1 Month [View all]Jeffersons Ghost
(15,235 posts)44. Obama let other killers who invaded Iraq/ Afghanistan "off the hook" too
Some of these killers shot women and children, during urban warfare, because they were poorly trained. Other killers, who worked for the US Department of Defense, get thanks from the public, for following orders. Some of the killers wore US Military uniforms, while torturing suspects at Abu Ghraib, and Haditha. Waterboarding is mild, compared to types of torture used at Abu Ghraib, and Haditha by military personnel, who were not connected with the CIA. Like US Military officers in Iraq and Afghanistan, CIA agents were simply following orders at Gitmo. BTW, several presidents let lots of us Vietnam veterans "off the hook" too.
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yourpaljoey
May 2016
#49
You is robot... I believe you have all the time in (what's left of) the world
yourpaljoey
May 2016
#51
Obama let other killers who invaded Iraq/ Afghanistan "off the hook" too
Jeffersons Ghost
May 2016
#44
And they did it as an experiment to learn how to torture more effectively.
Warren Stupidity
May 2016
#4
Actually, every time they did it it was wrong, whether they had the right guy or not.
Iggo
May 2016
#14
Torture, Execution, War: all demonstrations of power. You have power by demonstrating it
HereSince1628
May 2016
#15
83 times? Well according to our president, that's just 83 times a patriot!
whereisjustice
May 2016
#19
Of course, the DOJ will indict the torturers, bring them to court, and punish them.
Tierra_y_Libertad
May 2016
#21
"Or...maybe not." seems to be the course that has been and will be chosen by this and
xocet
May 2016
#26
re: "'We tortured some folks...' will be the extent of the required penance. "
thesquanderer
May 2016
#37
THIS >> " still-unpunished crimes that officials like Dick Cheney, George Bush, and Donald Rumsfeld"
L. Coyote
May 2016
#32
When will there be accountablility for those actions? Shouldn't someone pay for those crimes?
Rex
May 2016
#39
Sadly this will be Obama legacy. We tortured some folks and dont give a crap.
rhett o rick
May 2016
#40