Fear was no excuse to condone torture
In the fear that followed the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, Americans were told that defeating Al Qaeda would require us to ``take off the gloves.'' As a former commandant of the U.S. Marine Corps and a retired commander-in-chief of U.S. Central Command, we knew that was a recipe for disaster.
But we never imagined that we would feel duty-bound to publicly denounce a vice president of the United States, a man who has served our country for many years. ...
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Two of the highest ranking military members who are only safe after they have retired/ No one can even begin to disciount their opinions on this matter with their access to the SAME information and more that Dick (I had more important things to do rather than serve my county during watime) Cheney,