November 23, 2015

Message To Donald Trump (And His GOP Disciples)

Waterboarding is illegal.

It's a war crime.

And yet, that pesky notion doesn't seem to get in the way of Donald Trump's precautionary foreign policy.  From Talkingpointsmemo:
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump said he'd bring back waterboarding on Sunday and called the practice "peanuts" compared to "what they’d do to us."

Trump appeared on ABC's "This Week" program where he said the country has to be "strong" against enemies.

"We have -- I would bring it back, yes. I would bring it back," Trump said. "I think waterboarding is peanuts compared to what they’d do to us, what they’re doing to us, what they did to James Foley when they chopped off his head. That’s a whole different level and I would absolutely bring back interrogation and strong interrogation."
Well, the country has to follow its own laws.  And torture is illegal.  Has been since at least the mid-90s when the Senate ratified the treaty against torture that Ronald Reagan signed in '88.

And yet, according to the most recent ABC/Washington Post Poll, Trump is on top of the GOP field by at least 10 points.

How many times have we heard the Tea Party wing of the GOP scream about Obamaic Tyranny?  About his illegal powergrabs?

And yet, one of their own is vowing to "bring back" torture.  Which is illegal.  Which is a war crime.  Which is the ultimate powergrab.

What does this say about our friends in the GOP?



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4 comments:

  1. Zeus0209November 23, 2015 at 8:22 AM

    Trumps response tilts heavily towards retribution. To that arguments credit, James Foley received no due process either. But the greater failure is his predictable grandstanding in favor of analyzing policy efficacy. He's got the bravado of a wizard of Oz with the wit of the orangutan he so resembles.

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  2. Social Justice NPC Anti-Paladin™November 23, 2015 at 11:05 AM

    What was done to Daniel Chong by DEA was far worst than waterboating. No real punishment or prosecutions.

    They are part of the Law Enforcement Caste and different rules apply to them.

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  3. DayvoeNovember 23, 2015 at 12:16 PM

    Hippie Tunisians Tune Timpani, Omit Mediocre Eggs' Grand Agenda, Say Underworld Pancreatic Rhomboids Exiting Monochromatic Elysium.

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  4. Ol' FrothNovember 24, 2015 at 12:16 PM

    How does the danger bargain the uneven ornament?

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