The top officials he briefed did not learn that waterboarding had been prosecuted by the United States in war-crimes trials after World War II and was a well-documented favorite of despotic governments since the Spanish Inquisition; one waterboard used under Pol Pot was even on display at the genocide museum in Cambodia. Full Story »
Posted by Chris Finnie
Just the beginning of right-wing media justification without cause. Come on: “Competent staff work could have quickly canvassed relevant history....?” Except no Bushie gave a damn about past history, Spanish Inquisition, or anything else. And they certainly didn’t give a damn about torture being ineffective. Only one objective burned in Bushies’ psych: their huge war justification problem–since WMDs and democracy didn't work. Bushies were vehement about proving a link between Al Qaeda and Iraq’s third-rate dictator.
Stick around. This is just the beginning of attempts at watered-down rationalization from the radical right-wing controlled media. Subtle and effective–for some.