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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsChris Hayes just brought up a great point about the murder of James Foley
Did you see what he was wearing when he was killed? An orange jumpsuit similar to the one we give prisoners in Guantanamo. Prisoners we are holding indefinitely without trial and due process.
Now it turns out that extremists waterboarded James Foley. The same torture technique made famous by Bush/Cheney:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10025459926
It truly is hard to understate how much damage Bush/Cheney did to the United States with their torture program.
montanacowboy
(6,100 posts)when we look forward and not backward
the blowback is coming
Scuba
(53,475 posts)leftstreet
(36,112 posts)randome
(34,845 posts)Or even gives a shit about them. Granted, they may be sending a message but it has nothing to do with 'justice'. Or 'fairness'. Or anything else other than their own fundamentalist goals.
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spanone
(135,870 posts)onethatcares
(16,184 posts)about the ski masks on the perps of these beheadings. They just don't ring "true" to me
How hard would it be to find someone in the U.S. military or intelligence agencies that would
gladly behead someone for thirty pieces of silver and a new bentley in order to keep the terror moving?