Thursday, January 26, 2006

The World of Bush -- Freeance smell it, SMELL IT!

In furtherance of the idea below, here is an example of how "less freedom" is being implemented as a strategy by the Bush regime:

Let’s make sure we get this story right. You take the captured, uniformed general of an enemy army — and in blatant violation of all notions of human decency and of the Geneva Conventions — you beat him with rubber hoses, pour water down his nose, then stuff him into a sleeping bag, tie him with electrical cord, and then sit your ass down on his chest until he suffocates and you are convicted of what? “Negligent homicide?”

....Remember that the victim in this case, Iraqi General Abed Hamel Mowhoush was a top, uniformed officer of a recognized state-sponsored enemy army and not some “illegal combatant.” Worse, when Mowhoush was suffocated in November 2003, it was after he had voluntarily turned himself in to U.S. military authorities. At least, sort of voluntarily. Fact is, the General surrendered to American troops because they were holding his sons hostage — yet another stark violation of international law.


And I'm betting that the individual who committed the murder, I mean "Negligent Homicide" voted Republican because...

The day after the general’s death, prosecutors said, Welshofer asked for another sleeping bag so he could continue using the technique on others.


NEGLIGENT HOMICIDE?!!

I weep for my country.

Pretty much lifted entirely from Kevin Drum.

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