liz cheney quote on torture..you really can't take her seriously

[spanone]

On torture: "The U.S. does not torture; in fact, what holds up the release from Guantanamo is getting a guarantee from their governments that they won't be tortured. Guantanamo and prisons in Afghanistan are completely consistent with international obligations. Just because the Geneva Convention might not technically apply does not mean that America does not treat people with the spirit of the convention. . . . While we are doing things militarily in the war on terror, we are also spreading hope and opportunity so that the young people do not become recruits for the terrorists."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liz_Cheney#cite_note-23

[ColbertWatcher]

1. She's jealous of Meghan McCain. n/t

[ixion]

2. The Geneva Conventions apply, Liz

don't kid yourself. And it is torture, and we don't spread hope and opportunity, only death and destruction.

[Stellabella]

3. Boy, repukes love using that word 'technically', don't they?

Even though they don't know what it means.

Yeah, I'm sure that the prisoners who were killed with torture appreciate the 'spirit' of the convention, you ass.

[pacalo]

4. And then the interviewer said, "Liz, we're looking for participants to take part in a

water-boarding enactment; we'd like you to volunteer to take the detainee's role. What do you say?"

:evilgrin:

[spanone]

5. this entire statement on torture is a lie....from word one

[pacalo]

6. It's so "don't pay attention to the man behind the curtain". Pathetic, these p.r. attempts.

[Lerkfish]

7. several points

one: who the hell is liz cheney to disseminate that information in the first place?
two: if there was torture going on, would she necessarily know about it, since it would top secret and she held no position?
three: aw hell, I'm no longer interested.

[XOKCowboy]

8. That quote is from 2005....

Why anybody gives a shit about what Liz Cheney says is the best question. She's even more irrelevant that her diseased husband. She's an enabler of torture just like all "true Republicans".