USA Senate Continues Its Debate On Approval Of GWB's
Extreme Nominee For Attorney General Alberto Gonzales
Protests Of The Gonzales Nomination By Prestigious
Groups Of ALL Political Persuasion Have Primarily Been
Based Upon His Apparent Ties To USA Torture License
Since GWB
Both National Hispanic Rights Groups And Pro Iraq
Invasion Conservatives Cannot Stomach Gonzales
Boston Globe Conservative Columnist Jeff Jacoby Sez:
"I strongly support the mission in Iraq. I voted for President
Bush. I believe the struggle against Islamist totalitarianism is
the most urgent conflict of our time.
But none of that justifies the administration's apparent
willingness to countenance -- under at least some
circumstances -- the indecent abuse of prisoners in military
custody. Something is very wrong when the Justice
Department advises the president's legal adviser that a
wartime president is not bound by the international
Convention Against Torture or the U.S. laws incorporating it.
Or when that legal adviser tells the Senate, as Alberto
Gonzales did last week, that 'there is no legal prohibition
under the Convention Against Torture on cruel, inhuman, or
degrading treatment with respect to aliens overseas.'
If this were happening on a Democratic president's watch, the
criticism from Republicans and conservatives would be
deafening. Why the near-silence now? Who has better reason
to be outraged by this scandal than those of us who support
the war? More than anyone, it is the war hawks who should
be infuriated by it. It shouldn't have taken me this long to say
so."
Intuitive*Analysis
Under The GWB Extremes If The "Clean Water Act" Can
Make The Water Dirtier And The "Clear Skies Act" Can
Help Utilities Put Pollution In The Skies Why Be Surprised
About A "Justice Department" That Perverts Justice?
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