Yellowdogtexan
02-14-2008, 07:03 PM
Why does bush hate our troops and why does he think that it is okay to insult the military? The bushies are justifying the contemplated veto of the biill banning waterboarding on the grounds that the Army Field Manuel is needed because our military is too young and too dumb to properly torture prisoners. http://thinkprogress.org/2008/02/14/perino-torture/The White House has confirmed that President Bush plans to veto legislation prohibiting the CIA from using waterboarding and bringing the agency’s interrogation methods in line with the Army Field Manual.
In today’s White House press briefing, spokeswoman Dana Perino defended the veto decision by citing the age of CIA interrogators. She said that they are well-trained “professionals” with “an average age of 40.” U.S. soldiers, on the other hand, are too immature to be trusted, argued Perino. That’s why they need the Army Field Manual: This is done at the CIA, and it is done by professionals who are given hundreds of hours of training, who are — I think General Hayden said an average age of 40; who are being asked to do very hard work in order to protect Americans.
The Army Field Manual is a perfectly appropriate document that is important for young GIs, some so young that they’re not even able to legally get a drink in the states where they’re from.Before the Senate Intelligence Committee today, Director of National Intellingence Mike McConnell echoed Perino’s comments, stating that the Army Field Manual is “designed for young and inexperienced” men and women in uniform.
Sen Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) sharply replied that it’s unfair to “denigrate” the troops as if they’re a “bunch of 18 year olds running around” and “the Army Field Manual has to protect them from their naivete and their ignorance.”
All members of the Army abide by the Field Manual, not simply GIs too “young” to “legally get a drink.” In a recent congressional hearing, Lt. Gen. Michael Maples of the Defense Intelligence Agency confirmed that the document is sufficient for the military:We believe that the approaches that are in the Army Field Manual give us the tools that are necessary for the purpose under which we are conducting interrogations.Under the White House’s logic, only people who are able to consume alcohol should be allowed to administer waterboarding.The Army Field Manuel contain procedures that the military has determined are in compliance with the Geneva Conventions. The military specifically rejected the use of waterboarding because the JAG officers working on the manuel determined that such procedure was illegal and in violation of the Geneva Conventions. The bushies do not believe in the Geneva Conventions and so believe that torture is okay so long as the torturer is not a member of our military because our soliders are according to the bushies too dumb to use torture properly
Again, as Senator Whitehouse noted, this is a clear insult to our military. Why does bush and the republicans think so little of our military????
In today’s White House press briefing, spokeswoman Dana Perino defended the veto decision by citing the age of CIA interrogators. She said that they are well-trained “professionals” with “an average age of 40.” U.S. soldiers, on the other hand, are too immature to be trusted, argued Perino. That’s why they need the Army Field Manual: This is done at the CIA, and it is done by professionals who are given hundreds of hours of training, who are — I think General Hayden said an average age of 40; who are being asked to do very hard work in order to protect Americans.
The Army Field Manual is a perfectly appropriate document that is important for young GIs, some so young that they’re not even able to legally get a drink in the states where they’re from.Before the Senate Intelligence Committee today, Director of National Intellingence Mike McConnell echoed Perino’s comments, stating that the Army Field Manual is “designed for young and inexperienced” men and women in uniform.
Sen Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) sharply replied that it’s unfair to “denigrate” the troops as if they’re a “bunch of 18 year olds running around” and “the Army Field Manual has to protect them from their naivete and their ignorance.”
All members of the Army abide by the Field Manual, not simply GIs too “young” to “legally get a drink.” In a recent congressional hearing, Lt. Gen. Michael Maples of the Defense Intelligence Agency confirmed that the document is sufficient for the military:We believe that the approaches that are in the Army Field Manual give us the tools that are necessary for the purpose under which we are conducting interrogations.Under the White House’s logic, only people who are able to consume alcohol should be allowed to administer waterboarding.The Army Field Manuel contain procedures that the military has determined are in compliance with the Geneva Conventions. The military specifically rejected the use of waterboarding because the JAG officers working on the manuel determined that such procedure was illegal and in violation of the Geneva Conventions. The bushies do not believe in the Geneva Conventions and so believe that torture is okay so long as the torturer is not a member of our military because our soliders are according to the bushies too dumb to use torture properly
Again, as Senator Whitehouse noted, this is a clear insult to our military. Why does bush and the republicans think so little of our military????