Condi Rice: Coward, Loser and 9-11 Abuser.
Once again, these filthy cowards in the Bush administration (this time, in the form of Condi Rice) are still trying to justify torture because of September 11th. I find this so disingenuous it defies logic. By their admission, the September 11th attack opened up the window to the “anything goes” form of retribution.
Their logic goes something like this:
<i>We were attacked on September 11th, so we will take any means necessary to pull information out of potential informants, no matter the consequences or pain induced.
We were attacked on September 11th, so the laws of privacy for ALL Americans no longer apply. Why? Well, because we were attacked.
We were attacked on September 11th, so it’s necessary to attack Iraq. Why? Don’t you remember? Terrorists attacked our citizens! Why are you pressing me on this? Don’t bother me with your cowardly “but the terrorists were Saudi’s” bullshit.</i>
America has been a beacon for other countries because of the extent of our freedoms and the depth of our example as good citizens of the world. We’re not perfect and we have erred (many times in many ways); Propping up puppets in third world and middle east countries, such as the Shah in Iran, for example. But the majority of our efforts have been for the betterment of people here and elsewhere. Why? Because we ARE (or have been) our government in one way or another.
The Bush administration took us backwards - and very simply because they were so shit-in-their-pants scared of everything around them after 9-11 that they figured anything was acceptable. Want to know what a coward looks like? That’s it. A courageous person would take stock in the situation and soberly decide the best course. Bush and his people acted like chickens with their heads cut off and knives flailing in both hands.
And I still suspect our government knew some of the limits of our enemy - and even if they didn’t, there are things this country should never be and never do because the response to our fall from grace damages our security more than anything else in this world will.
We win with our enemy by destroying their reason to exist. It’s more nuanced, more complicated and less concrete, but it’s the only way to actually come out on the better side of this thing.
That is what this country did with the KKK. If we had taken KKK members, tortured them, put them into rendition, killed family and friends accidentally and lied about our reasons, we would have had MORE of them and a civil war in the U.S. again.
Anyway, here is our previous incompetent Secretary of State tripping over herself trying to justify the lies and criminal behavior of herself and her asshole administration:
I particularly like the line “Unless you were there…”
Nice excuse for committing crimes, bitch.
