Posted on by javavoodoo

Andrew Sullivan observes that according to the Bush Administrations definitions of “torture” than John McCain was never tortured in Viet Nam, merely subjected to perfectly legitimate “enhanced interrogation.”

In all the discussion of John McCain’s recently recovered memory of a religious epiphany in Vietnam, one thing has been missing. The torture that was deployed against McCain emerges in all the various accounts. It involved sleep deprivation, the withholding of medical treatment, stress positions, long-time standing, and beating. Sound familiar? According to the Bush administration’s definition of torture, McCain was therefore not tortured. … These torture techniques are, according to the president of the United States, merely “enhanced interrogation.”

The sickest thing, as Sullivan notes, is how McCain has gone from tortured to torturer by joining with Bush to support these same techniques that were used against him. McCain has said that he’ll always “hate gooks” (source), so how does he expect to win the hearts and minds of Iraqi’s using the same tortures on their people?

Spread it: del.icio.us | digg it | reddit

Share this: Twitter

Facebook

Like this: Like Loading... Related

Filed under: Election 08, Politics | Tagged: Bush, Interrogation, McCain, Torture |