George Will: Torture comes from a theory of government called "the unitary theory of executive power.” This was the tipping point.I think it's sick that people wearing jeans gets George Will angrier than the fact that the United States government tortured prisoners. Then again, it's his job to provide an alibi for the Bush administration's complicity in these crimes. Besides being offensive, it's an useless theoretical debate.
Sam Donaldson: Where in the Constitution is this found, George?
George Will: I’m just saying here are intelligent people who believe...
Cokie Roberts: First amendment? The Congress?
George Will: It is not a theory I agree with, or you agree with, but there are intelligent people who do.
Sam Donaldson: “If the president does it is not illegal.” Thank you Richard Nixon.
George Will: Yes, but these are intelligent people...
It's like addressing concerns about racism by framing in it a "Suppose Whites were oppressed by African-Americans?" construct, or claiming women would rape guys if they had penises. These are bogus philosophical arguments manufactured for the sole purpose of confusing people. As George Orwell said, "The enemy of clear language is insincerity." Because George Will and the usual suspects (Hannity, Limbaugh, Coulter) are unable to admit that Bush gave the green light on torturing alleged terrorists, they'll spew this obtuse and dishonest intellectual gibberish instead.
No matter how many right-wing jerks idolize Jack Bauer and his use of violence as a means to an end, torturing prisoners is illegal, barbaric, and it doesn't work. As an interrogation tool, it's a stone axe that's clumsy, needlessly cruel, and a waste of time. This is a fact that has been substantiated by men like Jack Cloonan, a former FBI Interrogator interviewed in the Oscar-winning documentary "Taxi To The Dark Side".
Do you know what the dirty little secret about torture that nobody wants to admit? The United States didn't torture people because we wanted information to prevent another 9/11 from happening.
Our country tortured people because they liked it.
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