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cynatnite Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-26-05 09:10 PM
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Bush says U.S. seeks to eliminate torture worldwide
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20050626/pl_nm/bush_torture_dc

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Bush, whose administration has been hit by accusations of prisoner abuse, said on Sunday that the United States was committed to the elimination of torture worldwide.

In a statement to mark United Nations International Day in Support of Victims of Torture, Bush said: "Freedom from torture is an inalienable human right, and we are committed to building a world where human rights are respected and protected by the rule of law."
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rwenos Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-26-05 09:11 PM
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1. This means Torture Stops at Gitmo, Right? nm
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C_U_L8R Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-26-05 10:03 PM
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22. No This Means We'll See A Whole Lot More Torture
Remember This is Bush-World -
Right is Wrong, Up is Down,
No Child Is Left Behind.
Skies Are Clean,
We're United Not Divided,
etc etc etc etc etc

More Bush-Sponsored Tortore On It's Way To A Gulag Near You !!

Stay The Course
A Thousand Points of Light
Blech
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Ravenseye Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-26-05 09:12 PM
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2. Sigh
Either

a) He's completely disconnected from reality

or

b) He's a dangerous liar

or

c) Both A an B
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madrchsod Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-26-05 09:12 PM
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3. ???
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The Doctor. Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-26-05 09:16 PM
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10. That was my very first thought.
???
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xxqqqzme Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-26-05 09:13 PM
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4. he needs to be committed alright!
Edited on Sun Jun-26-05 09:14 PM by xxqqqzme
rule of law???? Ha, that's a laugh. These neo-cons never met a rule of law they didn't bend, tweak or violate. give me a f*cking break!
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HysteryDiagnosis Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-26-05 09:15 PM
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9. Why certainly.... that's why he was so eager to sign onto the ICC.
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fooj Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-26-05 09:14 PM
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5. What? How can that be? Where will we "outsource" our prisoners?
Lies. All lies.

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bullimiami Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-26-05 09:14 PM
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6. the absolute balls on that bastard.
he is amazing. the us (except maybe some real sickos in the cia etc) did not torture until bush came along.

you want to eliminate it, you asshole, turn yourself over to the international court right now and resign. otherwise. shut up.
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Geek_Girl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-26-05 09:14 PM
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7. I wish his words were reality
I'm tired of this BS
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Inland Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-26-05 09:15 PM
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8. Bush opposes "torture" (as secretly defined in a legal memo)
Torture is what we say it is. Rights are what we say they are. And violations of your rights occur when we say they do.

Now put your hood back on and hold out your hands.
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acmejack Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-26-05 09:18 PM
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14. I wonder what we will call it now?
Powerful persausion? Enhanced evidential extraction?
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Inland Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-26-05 09:32 PM
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18. "Better than they deserve". Bush says no torture, but repugs call for it.
I know what the repugs in congress call it. They call it better than they deserve.

While Bush walks around saying no torture, the reight wing talkies all say that torture is exactly what those Gitmo prisoners should get. Typical Bush--tell the world one thing, and the righties all know that he is lying.
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ohtransplant Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-26-05 09:17 PM
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11. Does this mean he'll resign Tuesday?
:evilgrin:
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sweetheart Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-26-05 09:17 PM
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12. It makes you wonder what his prayers are
He clearly does not pray to jesus, so it must be a rather strange
moment when his lips make funny movements in the silence of the night.

Is there any sincerity, or is it all just a load of stinky doo muttered
under his breath before he takes his drugs and "stuffs the tree up."

And little cindy loo hoo who's no more than two asked "why?" mr. Grinch
"why?"

Would that he use the bully pulpit (and his legislative powers) to end
slavery and womens repression worldwide... oh dear, the opportunities
missed with this miserable lot of criminals are sadly so many.
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opihimoimoi Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-26-05 09:17 PM
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13. As Usual, he ain't walking what he talkin....."
Full of shit he is.... The smelly kine....
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cynatnite Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-26-05 09:19 PM
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15. Maybe he's really telling the truth this time
okay, time to go back to the real world. :eyes:
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The2ndWheel Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-26-05 09:22 PM
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16. Well when we're all living
Edited on Sun Jun-26-05 09:23 PM by NoMoreMyths
in the Wal-Mart Detention Store, how will we know what torture is if everyone is being tortured? Why else give them the right to take your house?

They will make us love them.
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sellitman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-26-05 09:22 PM
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17. I think he is losing it gang....
He is starting to break down. This egotistical moron is pulling a Dick Nixon before our eyes.

Revenge is a dish best served cold.


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Oversea Visitor Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-26-05 09:33 PM
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19. Woah
Start in your own backyard you moron.
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PretzelWarrior Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-26-05 09:36 PM
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20. take the first step, Bush. RESIGN you PR!CK!
god...what a f*cking loony he is. the central point causing the US population and people of the world to rally against him is an administration and military that condone torture and he is out there beating the streets saying he will eradicate torture.

nice.

the world has bought a f*cking clue and is on to you, Benedict Arnold Walker Bush. You are a traitor and will be dealt with like Moussolini and other traitors who dared to rule as such.
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Independent_Liberal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jun-26-05 09:40 PM
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21. That's right! Eliminate it!
We're on a mission to eliminate torture worldwide!
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