But - if the Congress passes a law against torture, the President will veto it!
Because..., well..., because, as some have said, we can't tie our hands in the matter of defending our nation against terrorism. Some have said sending the greatest part of our military power to Iraq, frittering away a winning position in Afghanistan, making American soldiers targets throughout the Middle East, killing and imprisoning people because they look like Muslims; these things have created a nurturing environment for terrorist violence and a wonderful nightly see-it-live-on-al-Jazeera Islamic Militant recruiting infomercial. Facts are stubborn things (though not, perhaps, as stubborn as George Bush). Bush continues to mistake doing what he wants to do (mainly, attacking Iraq) for fighting terrorism. Here are two famous pictures: Which one do you think the people of Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan, Syria, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, indeed much of the world now believes represents the real picture of the United States?
We do not torture - that's right. We presume 'Scooter' Libby is innocent until proven guilty. We presume Tom Delay is innocent until proven guilty. We presume the internees in Guantanamo Bay, Abu Ghraib, and those wonderful little Black Holes around the world ("The CIA is holding an unknown number of prisoners in secret detention centers abroad. In violation of the Geneva Conventions, it has refused to register those detainees with the International Red Cross or to allow visits by its inspectors. Its prisoners have 'disappeared,' like the victims of some dictatorships." -- The Washington Post.) are... What?
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