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Re: [Pen-l] torture chic
- To: Progressive Economics <pen-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Subject: Re: [Pen-l] torture chic
- From: raghu <mraghu01@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 22 Apr 2009 15:48:57 -0700
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On Wed, Apr 22, 2009 at 12:51 PM, Carrol Cox <cbcox@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I think it is merely that the Bush Administration did not practaice
> "deniability" as carefully as did the Eisenhower, Kennedy, Johnson, &
> LBJ administrations. Torture has been standard operating procedure in
> all anti-guerilla suppression campaigns.
And does anyone seriously believe that water-boarding is the most
severe interrogation tactic the CIA ever used in Iraq or Afghanistan?
It is merely the most severe tactic that they *openly acknowledge*
using. And does anyone seriously believe Communist states are any
better?
Torture has been practiced and will continue to be practiced as long
as there are nation states and wars etc.
What the Bush admin did was push the boundaries of what's acceptable.
-raghu.
--
"Due to budget cuts the light at the end of the tunnel has been switched off."
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