tugmoose Posted September 29, 2006 Share Posted September 29, 2006 This is a bit old, but I just read it. Ga. Republican says he supports "methods necessary" for detainees BEN EVANSAssociated Press WASHINGTON - Georgia congressman Lynn Westmoreland backed away from comments he made suggesting that he supports torturing terrorism suspects, but said intelligence agencies should be given latitude to use "the methods necessary" to get information from detainees. On Tuesday, the Grantville Republican told a Douglas County Chamber of Commerce luncheon that he "voted for torture" and that "we need to get information out of these people the best way we can," the Douglas County Sentinel reported. He said Wednesday that he should have "put that another way." "Maybe I shouldn't have said I voted for torture," he said in an interview with The Associated Press. "I should have said I voted against the anti-torture bill." Don't you love people who can be glib about torture? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
owl Posted September 29, 2006 Share Posted September 29, 2006 I'm going to get my kid a toy waterboard and a toy AK-47 this Christmas. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
owl Posted September 29, 2006 Share Posted September 29, 2006 Here's a picture from the box of the Mattel Waterboard Play Set: Quote Link to post Share on other sites
anodyne Posted September 30, 2006 Share Posted September 30, 2006 my tax dollars at work. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mountain bed Posted September 30, 2006 Share Posted September 30, 2006 "Maybe I shouldn't have said I voted for torture," he said in an interview with The Associated Press. "I should have said I voted against the anti-torture bill."Don't you love people who can be glib about torture?All I can say is I'm sickened & disgusted.A whole week of Senate debate on the treatment of detainees....I couldn't stop watching,like a car crash or something. The whole world is watching...isn't it obvious that you don't defeat terrorism by becoming more like the terrorists? Hey, I thought we were supposed to be wearing the white hat here.The issue seems to cut to the core of what the ideals America is supposed to be representing. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
awatt Posted September 30, 2006 Share Posted September 30, 2006 I can't say I'm proud to reside in Georgia with fools like this, but then again, the rest of the country has gone stark raving mad no matter what state you're living in! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
John Smith Posted September 30, 2006 Share Posted September 30, 2006 The fact that we are even having a debate on torture in America shows how far this country has fallen. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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