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**cestsennY** · 05-05-2010, 01:45 AM

Why is the FARC terrible but the private contractors and CIA who tortured and killed people at Abu Gharaib, Gitmo and Bagram and other black ops secret prisons OK?

Is this hypocrisy? Or denial about what we did during the Bush admin?

A lot of misinformation here. First off, I'm not aware of anyone being killed under our captivity.

Second, it wasn't private contractors or the CIA at Abu Gharaib. It was a bunch of stupid soldiers being stupid. The worst thing that came out of that was them being stripped naked. I'd rather be naked than be tortured for real. Those people were punished for what they did and it was not a condoned policy. My best guess is that the main motivator was boredom. Believe me, I know how boring it gets on a deployment.

As far a secret prisons, was it OK for Clinton to do it as well? It was under Clinton were extraordinary rendition was implemented. Regardless, at Gitmo three whole entire people were water boarded. We were going after actionable intel and not just doing it "just because". We got information that stopped future attacks. I'd also rather be water boarded than have some real, permanent, torture being done to me.

05-05-2010, 01:45 AM	#4
cestsennY Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 390 Senior Member	Why is the FARC terrible but the private contractors and CIA who tortured and killed people at Abu Gharaib, Gitmo and Bagram and other black ops secret prisons OK? Is this hypocrisy? Or denial about what we did during the Bush admin? A lot of misinformation here. First off, I'm not aware of anyone being killed under our captivity. Second, it wasn't private contractors or the CIA at Abu Gharaib. It was a bunch of stupid soldiers being stupid. The worst thing that came out of that was them being stripped naked. I'd rather be naked than be tortured for real. Those people were punished for what they did and it was not a condoned policy. My best guess is that the main motivator was boredom. Believe me, I know how boring it gets on a deployment. As far a secret prisons, was it OK for Clinton to do it as well? It was under Clinton were extraordinary rendition was implemented. Regardless, at Gitmo three whole entire people were water boarded. We were going after actionable intel and not just doing it "just because". We got information that stopped future attacks. I'd also rather be water boarded than have some real, permanent, torture being done to me.
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