to My Political SoapboxApparently ANYTHING we do to POW's is
abuse. Some POW's have actually been yelled at. *GASP* Not that!! I guess the
only way to get possible information from these people is the politely ask them
questions, while giving them a massage and piping in some HBO to their jail
cells. What the hell is wrong with people that makes them think what we're doing
to these POW's is wrong? I seriously do not understand. Are we so soft as a
nation that we are shocked by how interrogators work? Not only in the military,
but I'm fairly certain that the Feds or even your own local law enforcement do
things that would make the average person wince. When we find Bin Ladin, Allah
forbid we use interrogation techniques that whiny little pussies would find
objectionable. Stripping them of their clothes is bad. Putting bags over their
head is bad. Having a female be in charge of them is bad. Letting dogs bark at
them is bad. Being laughed at is bad. Yelling at them is bad.
I could be wrong in this, but I have a funny feeling that all these political
figures (Republican and Democrat alike) are saying to the public, "Oh, this is
horrible. We're better than this. I'm disgusted." But inside they are more like,
"Shut the fuck up and let our men and women do their job!"
Maybe we could send over Christopher
Lowell and Richard Simmons to make sure the POW's get plenty of decorating tips
and exercise. A little "Sweatin' to the Koran" would be good not only for their
spiritual side, but to their physical side as well.
BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- The U.S. military will not use certain prisoner
interrogation techniques in Iraq following the Abu Ghraib prison scandal,
Pentagon officials said Friday.
Among the tactics barred are sleep and sensory deprivation and keeping prisoners
in stressful positions for periods of time. The ruling only affects Iraq.
According to the military, none of the tactics -- which required the approval of
the commanding general before use -- had been requested in Iraq.
Gen. Ricardo Sanchez, commander of U.S. forces in Iraq, completed a review this
week of approved interrogation techniques for detainees in Iraq, in the wake of
concern and criticism that they violate the Geneva Conventions, two senior
defense officials told CNN Friday.
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