A few days ago, Petraeus came out as opposed to torture and in favor of closing Guantanamo. And now he has unequivocally said the we violated the Geneva Conventions.
And he said it on FOXNews, no less !!!!
Question: So is sending this signal that we're not going to use these kind of techniques anymore, what kind of impact does this have on people who do us harm in the field that you operate in?So what do you say to THAT, Mr. XVP?
Gen. Petraeus: Well, actually what I would ask is, "Does that not take away from our enemies a tool which again have beaten us around the head and shoulders in the court of public opinion?" When we have taken steps that have violated the Geneva Conventions we rightly have been criticized, so as we move forward I think it's important to again live our values, to live the agreements that we have made in the international justice arena and to practice those.
Ralph
Here's how the Repubs will handle it: just ignore it and hope the American peopel's short attention span will forget it too -- if they even hear about it.
ReplyDeleteJust like the MSM has not reported Carl Levin's speech where he says he has seen the documents that Cheney claims prove torture's effectiveness, and they don't prove anything of the sort. Cheney is lying.
Would the MSM think that's news? Apparently not.