Formalizing Immorality
September 15, 2006
On September 15, 2006, Bush held a press conference and
he was very annoyed, even angry that his proposed legislation to modify how
the US interrogates prisoners may not make it through Congress as he hoped.
This is part of what he said from MSNBC.com:
Bush denied that the
United States might lose the high ground in the eyes of world opinion, as
former Secretary of State Colin Powell suggested on Thursday.
“It’s unacceptable to
think there’s any kind of comparison between the behavior of the United
States of America and the action of Islamic extremists who kill innocent
women and children to achieve an objective,” said Bush, growing animated as
he spoke.
“If not for this
(anti-terror) program, our intelligence community believes al-Qaida and its
allies would have succeeded in launching another attack against the American
homeland,” he said.
“Unfortunately the
recent Supreme Court decision put the future of this program in question.
... We need this legislation to save it.”
The high court earlier
this year struck down Bush’s current arrangement for trying detainees held
at the U.S. Naval Base Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14848798/
Colin Powell was right to put pressure onto Bush for his
immoral and illegal activities relating to detaining suspected terrorists.
Bush became angry because he knows Powell is right and hopes to expose him
for the man he is.
Bush claims the CIA interrogation program will end if
Congress does not pass his legislation making it okay to torture detainees.
His proposals will legalize past bad behavior and insure future bad
behavior.
Standing in his way is the Supreme Court which said that
the U.S. had to follow the Geneva guidelines for interrogating prisoners.
This was a very good decision. The U.S. signed on to this years ago as did
most nations and it works if people follow it. Though the Geneva Conventions
cannot make wars moral it does make more sense of them and protects basic
human rights.
The Bush Administration does not believe in those rights
and now wants to put his immorality into law. Will his proposal be passed?
Probably. The Republican controlled Congress generally believes what Bush
believes and they will continue to support him with their vote because it
will help them get re-elected. Expect a modified Bush bill that makes
immorality legal.
Who would have thought this possible in the United States
which was once the progressive leader in human rights?
