Jeb Bush leaves door open for use of torture by government

[sarisataka]

Jeb Bush leaves door open for use of torture by government

DAVENPORT, Iowa (AP) — Republican presidential candidate Jeb Bush on Thursday declined to rule out resuming the use of torture under some circumstances by the U.S. government.

"I don't want to make a definitive, blanket kind of statement," Bush told an audience of Iowa Republicans, when asked whether he would keep in place or repeal President Barack Obama's executive order banning so-called enhanced interrogation techniques by the CIA.

"When you are president your words matter," he said.

The former Florida governor said that in general, he believes torture is inappropriate, and that he was glad his brother, former President George W. Bush, largely ended the CIA's use of the techniques before he left office. The CIA used waterboarding, slapping, nudity, sleep deprivation, humiliation and other methods to coerce al-Qaida detainees — methods the military would be prohibited from using on prisoners of war.

http://www.twincities.com/politics/ci_28636080/jeb-bush-leaves-door-open-use-torture

Something is psychologically wrong with that family

[Wounded Bear]

1. Color me surprised...

not.

at the whole fucked up clan.

[tblue]

2. So would the rest of the 17 GOPer hopefuls

Not a dime's bit of difference between any of them. Watch, they'll be salivating while they speak of torture and the death penalty and war.

[montana_hazeleyes]

3. Yes you can say,

"There will be no torture under my watch, period." And torture is a lot more than inappropriate!

[hifiguy]

4. They actually and genuinely

seem to believe in the divine right of kings. Clearly there are strains of megalomania, sadism and delusions of grandeur at work. Combine that with the bone-deep stupidity of HW's idiot sons and its a recipe for disaster.

[JackInGreen]

5. Because

Of course he did.
I wonder if they watch IS videos and get inspired to one up em.

[newfie11]

6. What a despicable human

This is NOT someone that should be in charge of anything!

My country has sunk low enough with his daddy and brother in charge!

Please we can't go lower and have Jeb as president!!!!!!!

[douggg]

7. Approving torture done by America is also

approving the same torture done to our own troops.

[Solly Mack]

8. Well, it's not as if he would face any consequences for it.

His brother got away with it. No reason to believe anything would happen to JEB either.

[OnyxCollie]

15. +1. nt

[discocrisco01]

9. Olbermann nails it again

[RiverNoord]

10. Don't these goddamn Bushes make you proud to be American?

He's damn right that the President's words matter. Candidates' words matter, too. The right words for either should be 'I will never authorize torture and would direct the Justice Department to vigorously prosecute anyone who claims to act on behalf on the United States of America and engages in torture.'

[DhhD]

11. Bush has no respect for US Treaties as he will, kill any citizen of the world, that gets in his Free

Trade World, Liberty. He cares absolutely nothing about the Life and Pursuit of Happiness of the American people.

https://www.icrc.org/en/war-and-law/treaties-customary-law/geneva-conventions

Is international humanitarian law up to the job of protecting the people affected by modern-day armed conflicts? This film looks at the poor security conditions frequently confronting the civilian population, the fact that people often have to flee their homes, hostage-taking, the dangers posed by cluster munitions, and the work of preventing and punishing war crimes. It tells us the basic rules of the law and reminds us that respecting them is everyone's responsibility.

more at site link

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

12. Why does he keep talking about his brother?

I'd think he'd want to run as far away from his brother's image as possible. Next he'll want to reopen abu ghraib prison and get some butt pyramids going and adopt this as a campaign icon.

[WinkyDink]

13. "Torture is inappropriate." The banality of evil.

[lonestarnot]

14. Fucking creepy freak.