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. ... Full Story »

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by Ben Ross - Sep. 22, 2009

This is the standard view of educated and patriotic....well stated by retired military men.

Main Stream media would serve the US public by interview these men everyday until the investigations begin. I would like to know how they feel about the military/media propaganda scheme...as inbeded generals hyped the war.

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