The US Senate announces it will investigate torture under Bush

Ha! Ha! If it wasn't for the US military, we would not have freedom of speech. Most of you kiddies would be arrested for speaking out anywhere else! You live in the world's greatest democracy. But I suppose, a dream for you would be to live in Castro's "free" Cuba. So stop slamming it! Read futuregens post, and jahoosaphats post too. (J is a fellow vet) Obviously, if they ever went to college, they successfully fought off the "America is the Enemy" propoganda that US college professors (all the dried up old hippies) feed to well meaning, idealistic dupes like you who hate America. Let's treat the terrorists as the "Citizens of the World" they are. Please!! They mass murder thousands upon thousands. The Americans, at least, are torturing these goons not killing them. But if an American is captured by Taliban, it's not torture for him- it's murder!! At least David Horowitz and Harry Stein finally "grew up"- you kiddies need to do the same!

Nice picture, at the very top...."Here she is....Miss America......"

OK, whatever. Even terrorists who cut off peoples heads and kill thousands at one time using jets as bombs need to be treated like the rational, upstanding Citizens of the World that they are. Only a democrat controlled senate would come up with something like this.....

The USA and Israel are clearly NOT the scum of the earth. Have you never heard of Zimbabwe?

why investigate it when im sure they knew it all along. hell they were probably the ones who authorized.

Oh boy.. I knew I was gonna havta face this eventually. " Soldiers Doing Despicable Things"

When my unit (A 178 INF from Chicago) was training up for our Iraq deployment, we were given several speeches on how to conduct ourselves. Things to do, and not to do. Most notably, the way we treat captured terrorists. Yes, they are guilty of setting off bombs in market squares, were Women & Children reside. However, as Americans, (the good guys that we ARE) we MUST set the standard!

Our Chain of Command repeatedly emphasized, "do NOT do something, that is going to put the Mark of Cain upon you"!!

As I am a Soldier, I realize that there are gonna be people out there that will do things in such a way, that will make service Men & Women look bad.

I do my very BEST to make sure that both I, & the soldiers in my charge, represent our country, & it's ideals to the fullest! The ideals being that, which our fore-fathers set fourth back when we were "The New World".

It is important that the American public understands, that the people (soldiers) at "Abu Ghraib" holding facility for captured terrorists, acted outside of the US Army Standards for Detaining Insurgents. We DO have laws. If we violate them, we have a much more AGRESSIVE "non-judicial system", Uniform Code of Military Justice, (U.C.M.J) that we will answer to. Those soldiers involved in that atrocity, will pay dearly, FOR THE REST of THEIR LIVES!! As they should, no doubt.

In short, service Men & Women are NOT barbarians! We are just like you, and the next guy. 13/16ths of us are good, and 3/16ths are prison bound. We are no different than any other form of American. Except for the fact that we'll EAGERLY sacrifice ourselves, for the good of our country, and any other group of innocent Human Beings that are in need of rescuing/liberating!! That's what we signed up for! That's what [I] signed up for!!!! FOR THE LOVE OF ALL THINGS AMERICAN, THEY CALL ME G.I. JOEL!! jahoosafatz..........

Its been going on since there was a government, no matter what the party. The shame is we LET it all happen. People have just plugged along quietly while being robbed blind. Like in England. They spend BILLIONs so that "Royalty" can be supported in their lifestyle that should have been gone as it no longer serves a purpose really. Watching the Queen (I know it was just a movie but very true to fact and a real eye opener. These kinds of people convince themselves and the PEOPLE that they are deserving to live these outlandish lifestyles while the rest struggle to survive.

http://www.reuters.com/article/newsOne/idUSTRE51O3TB20090225?sp=true

HAHAHAHAHAHA i guess the messiah doesn't think its wrong!!!!!!

Understanding how NOT to govern is just as important as understanding how to govern. An examination of the Bush Administration will certainly provide an example of the former.

Move on people. Anyone who enjoyed OJs trials needs to get a real life. Focus on the deep &hit we are in NOW. Stop looking back and look forward. Obama has already nixed it.OOPs...guess you have to get a job now and stop watching TV so much.

I think this a little late. Where were these allegations when Former President Bush was still in office?

Well, good. It needs to be done. Plain and simple. Although I feel it should have been done a while ago.

Its not going to happen...lol. God how I love it when you socialists get your panties in a bunch over this. The democrats are going to waste millions of dollars (as usual) for absolutely nothing. Too funny. Leahy is such a hipocrite.

I suppose it was not a waste of money when the republicans investigated Whitewater to the tune of
50 million dollars. We are supposed to be the moral leaders of the world. Japanese who conducted water boarding during WW-2 were later convicted, by us, for war crimes. Confessions obtained by torture are totally worthless, the victim will say what you want to hear just to get you to stop, even if he knows nothing. People of high moral standards to not engage in such activities.

Terrorism is not planned or committed under any sense honor.
Complain to me after you have lost a loved one to a terrorist attack.
We did not bomb the twin towers, we did however prevent any further attacks on our soil and basically mitigated the Al Queda effectiveness.
Holding terrorist suspects seems seems minimal when 3000 innocent people people kissed their families goodbye and went to work only to never come home again.
This is not a political statement...it's philosophical.

This would be deserving and responsible. In a global community, EVERYONE answers for their wrongs,... even if some regard it as right. But,... repercussions shan't be dispensed so willfully. IFF something happened as a result of investigating the US,... surely the evil-doers would be statute-lapsed or commuted or rich enough to walk.
But, props for stepping up!

Trillions of dollars in debt
Lied us into war
Thousands of Americans killed in that war
Millions of jobs lost
Millions of homes lost
Wounded Veterans getting the shaft

Bush's friends and administration are traitors.

We're mad as hell and want prosecutions !

I hope it does happen , It will make history thats for sure. But not holding my breath untill i see it with my own eyes. Its way past their time to be charged with these crimes. . Peace to all

NO it’s not okay to torture people but if other countries cannot take care of their waste (prisoners) then we have to help them out. Because these were people that were considered threats to our homeland, and the only reason why we did have them there is to protect America that’s what you people don’t understand, these pieces of shit had some type of plans or were associated with people who wanted to commit acts of violence against our country . We have to watch over the rest of this world b/c no one has the balls or arms to take care of their own shit. So by releasing these ingrates (barely human) we are in fact making our lives as Americans worse!

NOTHING WILL EVER HAPPEN!!
Come on people this is a waste of time... These people are above the law.
Wake the fuck up and realize that.
Only when we get a true person that is for the people in the white house (like Ron Paul) and when we get the congress that is going to be working for WE THE PEOPLE and not corporations and big oil.... then and only then we might see some people go to jail and a lot of changes...
As long as the media is controlled by the few that do not have the best interest of the people, change will have a thought time coming our way anytime soon.

About god damn time!! I want to see some accountability and I want to see Karl Rove "perp walked" from his house straight to jail for contempt of congress.

I recommend staying very clear of this until other problems have been taken care of,because this will be HUGE!

I doubt anything will happen to Cheney or Bush.

Hmmm. Wasting millions of dollars investigating our country's use of torture vs wasting millions of dollars investigating a president's lying about a blow job. Clearly the Obama administration is making an investment that will have massive, positive, international implications.

Why do the Democrats always have to show Republicans what it means to live by the New Testament and the Golden Rule. Is it because the leaders of the GOP spit in the face of the faith of their constituents? Because they don't believe a word of the religiousity they babble to get elected? Because they believe in nothing but creating fear and reacting with violence?

String the bastards up.

I would like to sue for one. They have put me out of business and I will soon loose my home if justice is not attained. We could also prevent another war. The military industrial complex does not deserve over half of our taxpayer dollars when they are working against the American people. Our country has already turned into a police state, many of you are just not aware yet. Israel seems to have been involved in 911 as was our military. They want Americans to hate Iranians so we will back a war against Iran. The corporations profit from building military weapons and associated military paraphernalia. The catholic church profits from donations from the military industrial complex and corrupt politicians.

I approve of the investigation. There have to be other ways than torture to gain information. It is so cruel and I am ashamed that our country would stoop to such drastic means. This is America, or did we forget that somehow?

However, even when proven, what form of punishment could there possibly be? Perhaps just showing another tragic incident of the Bush administration will be sufficient!

Sadly, I won't hold my breath for the justice that's truly needed.

If Obama is as smart as most of you believe, he will stay very clear of this. Wouldn't putting more troops in Afghanistan. be considered a war crime? Slippery slope guys, slippery. Looks like headline grabbing and tax wasting to me. Haven't we spent enough already?

It's about time this happened! Bush,Cheney,and the rest of his administration are war criminals and should face trial! Lets hope that this "investigation" leads to a trial and not a whitewash!

I'm confused. How does being against torture make us socialists?

Its not going to happen...lol. God how I love it when you socialists get your panties in a bunch over this. The democrats are going to waste millions of dollars (as usual) for absolutely nothing. Too funny. Leahy is such a hipocrite.

Furturegen, read Naomi Kleins "Shock Doctrine". It helps spell it all out in black and white. keep up the good work.

Primetime, do they go down that hole even if their innocent?? Just curious. I am glad to see you admit that the tactics used bythe Bush administartion are ("so they can feel how it feels to die from terrorism.") in fact terrorism. What a revelation. Keep reading, you'll get there.

I donated $300.00 to the Howard Dean campaign in 2004 as he was the presidential candidate brave enough to speak out against the war. Within a week or two my phones were radically bugged (they had been bugged before but this was obvious) and the military moved in behind my house. They have used torture on my family and I. The pro-military industrial complex Catholic church/General Electric was very much involved in our torture also. (Even when we went on a retreat with the Diocese of Peoria to Rome). We are Americans on American soil. There is much corruption, pre-meditated control, deceit, and murder to expose right on our soil, being done to Americans. A lot of it is being directed by homeland security and senators. Only if they get rid of some of these corrupt politicians and expose the military industrial Diocese of Peoria will they get the truth. No senator from Maine should be on the committee. They are using the military and fellow Republicans to further their own personal agendas. Goodbye Catholic church, you are nothing like "Jesus".

Why now? The Senate are a bunch of pussies! This should have happened years ago

We are the leaders of the world and should act like it. We found that not everyone detained were terrorist. Torture does very little good. Like during WWll where our people were toutured. We were believed to be terrorist for bombing Japan by the Japanese.

Well I mean these people were the scum of the earth, I think this is stupid especially once we have the first attack on American soil from someone who was released from Guantanamo bay by Barry Obama. It’s like Oscar the grouch said keep the garbage in the can where it belongs..... We should throw these piss ants who were in there down a hole that never ends so they can feel how it feels to die from terrorism.

It's about time. This will be better than both the OJ trials put together!!