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Gothmog

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33. A former bush speechwriter is the source of these comments??

Reply to phantom power (Original post)

Tue Jan 6, 2015, 04:36 PM

Jan 2015

You got to be kidding

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"we lost the torture debate completely" [View all] phantom power Jan 2015 OP

That's accurate. PDittie Jan 2015 #1

The part about Democrats is most concerning ybbor Jan 2015 #12

Actually it's not even close... SomethingFishy Jan 2015 #28

WRT to your final question: imperial cynicism explains the co-morbid torture approval and KingCharlemagne Jan 2015 #35

Article VI Bobcat Jan 2015 #2

Heart of Darkness reference Fairgo Jan 2015 #47

That is the sound of freedom dying Central Scruitinizer Jan 2015 #3

The problem is that torture NEVER benefits the country Fearless Jan 2015 #4

Whattaya mean? Torture works great! tclambert Jan 2015 #17

And then breeds a generation of families harmed by the US and therefore arm against the US. Fearless Jan 2015 #37

It wasn't a debate Roy Rolling Jan 2015 #5

When tea-baggers say "I want my country back" ... phantom power Jan 2015 #7

nor was there prior debate tiny elvis Jan 2015 #21

I disagree with part of this... hughee99 Jan 2015 #6

No the "it did not work" has a secondary purpose. zeemike Jan 2015 #20

i don't consider this Feinstein's fault or failure. barbtries Jan 2015 #8

You make a good point. The country IS sick. We've surrendered completely to the lowest and worst calimary Jan 2015 #13

+1 zeemike Jan 2015 #22

Agreed Shamash Jan 2015 #23

Welcome to DU, Shamash! calimary Jan 2015 #40

Thank you Shamash Jan 2015 #42

The timing was awful yeoman6987 Jan 2015 #30

This is exactly my opinion and what I am going to talk about on my radio show tonight. nt stevenleser Jan 2015 #32

Isn't it funny that we're willing to execute people for doing the same thing? sinkingfeeling Jan 2015 #9

There was no time bomb. grahamhgreen Jan 2015 #10

How can you blame Diane Feinstein for the twisted thinking of American voters? nt kelliekat44 Jan 2015 #11

jesus was tortured so that oughta be a good enough reason to torture "terrorists". after all they msongs Jan 2015 #14

Marc Thiessen is an asshole. OnyxCollie Jan 2015 #15

OT a bit but Michael Morell and Michael Hayden remind me of Heydrich. Each should be in the KingCharlemagne Jan 2015 #36

This message was self-deleted by its author Alkene Jan 2015 #16

+1 as I posted above the numbers Balloon Juice posted are not even close to SomethingFishy Jan 2015 #29

It doesn't matter if people like it, or even if it "works" . . FairWinds Jan 2015 #18

Thiessen says the investigation was "six sordid years of Democratic demagoguery and investigations" bigtree Jan 2015 #19

This message was self-deleted by its author Corruption Inc Jan 2015 #24

Anyone who "can't disagree" with Marc A. Thiessen... countryjake Jan 2015 #25

Find a mirror Shamash Jan 2015 #34

Pretending that "America" supports torture because somebody asked 1000 people... countryjake Jan 2015 #39

I stand corrected Shamash Jan 2015 #43

I'm looking at the poll you posted and the poll the OP posted.. SomethingFishy Jan 2015 #54

Thiessen's first mistake is calling it "a debate" as if that matters stevenleser Jan 2015 #26

"Death to America" is more than a meme that is largely self-inflicted by so-called leaders K&R bobthedrummer Jan 2015 #27

Is THIS the question on which "The American People" verdict was judged? MrMickeysMom Jan 2015 #31

A former bush speechwriter is the source of these comments?? Gothmog Jan 2015 #33

If torture is "OK", then what might be off limits?? kentuck Jan 2015 #38

This could change overnight... surrealAmerican Jan 2015 #41

America has become a brute, mean, spiteful JEB Jan 2015 #44

Correction: it still is all those things. It's our origin story, still pllaying out. arcane1 Jan 2015 #59

I think it's a pipe dream to think that anyone in the CIA or Bush Admin will be charged Kaleva Jan 2015 #45

76 percent said they would do it again "to protect the country" quaker bill Jan 2015 #46

Would you do it again to give the illusion of protecting the country? HereSince1628 Jan 2015 #48

yes laraelise Jan 2015 #52

Wow, you'd torture someone just for show, knowing that it doesn't protect anyone? arcane1 Jan 2015 #58

would you do it personally? quaker bill Jan 2015 #60

Torture or interrogation? laraelise Jan 2015 #49

What credible information was obtained by torturing him? uppityperson Jan 2015 #50

I dont know Im not an expert on 9/11 laraelise Jan 2015 #51

You think torturing KSM was OK, would do it again even though NO credible info was uppityperson Jan 2015 #53

Under made-up fantasies based on a tv show. arcane1 Jan 2015 #57

A poll of Americans is useless in this cotext. They'll vote what the tv tells them to vote. arcane1 Jan 2015 #56

We have the FBI, and Army Intelligence. The CIA is not needed for anything. arcane1 Jan 2015 #55

Perhaps you mistakenly logged onto the wrong site? BillZBubb Jan 2015 #61

Nothing like that happened quaker bill Jan 2015 #62