Attorney General nominee Alberto Gonzales has faced some tough questions from Democrats throughout his nomination hearings before the Senate Judiciary Committee, most dealing with his "torture" memo, which stated that Geneva Convention guidelines dictating POW's had to receive things that would enhance their comfort did not apply to terrorists captured on the battlefield or elsewhere. According to Democrats such as Ted Kennedy, this authorizes torture and led to abuses at Abu Ghraib and Guantanamo. What the memo did in reality is allow interrogators to do such things as put terrorists in cramped rooms or to sit in uncomfortable positions to get them to provide intelligence. This intelligence is than used to capture other known terrorists and/or foil terrorist plots.
If it were up to Democrats however, we would deny interrogators the techniques necessary to gather this information. Democrats seem to believe that providing comfort to detainees will encourage them to give valuable intelligence. This belief shows the lack of seriousness by the Democratic Party in fighting the War on Terror, and if they want to take this rationale before the American people they are more than welcome to. And when they do, Republicans will once again show that we are the ones that are serious about winning the War on Terror, while our counterparts are more concerned with protecting the quality of life of those who seek to destroy us.
No comments:
Post a Comment