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In reply to the discussion: "We tortured some folks" is right up there with . . . [View all]Rex
(65,616 posts)62. He should have been far more precise imo. I took 11 years to get to that moment.
11 years for our government to officially come out and say we did torture people. Folks. When you say folks or people you forget there are people watching on the other end of the wires. People feel more comfortable if you elaborate on something shady, saying something quick makes them suspicious. As we see here and all over the WWW.
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..."right -after- he was elected." So much we learned right after, but not before. nt
RiverLover
Dec 2014
#20
But when you are playing your part in a cover-up, you have to be careful what you say. n/t
jtuck004
Dec 2014
#39
The Obama administration has made it no secret he is not that fond of liberals. I have to wonder
liberal_at_heart
Dec 2014
#51
Unfortunate turns of phrase are jumped on by malicious minded cons and trolls...et tu, "liberals"?
Fred Sanders
Dec 2014
#38
What "lecture" was that? By calling whatever speech that was a lecture, are you not being the judgmental
Fred Sanders
Dec 2014
#53
Call it a lecture, call it an admonishment, call it whatever you will ...
markpkessinger
Dec 2014
#55
At least Obama didn't use the passive voice to obscure who was doing the torture.
Odin2005
Dec 2014
#61