"Later today, a source close to the interrogation said that Saddam would be subjected to stress and sleep deprivation. Basically, teams of interrogators will ask questions over and over again, and no one will get any rest until answers are provided." At least here in NYC local news, it's common to hear newsmaggots issuing leadins such as, "Will the CIA be able to make Saddam talk?" and so on. I think this implies the "obvious", but it's an obvious that should be stated: The US public basically now generally knows that some forms of extreme measures are being applied to prisoners and detainees, and we're willing to look the other way. After all, 9/11 proves "they" (picture a cluster of darkish-skinned turbanned men wearing fatigues and huddling in caves) are out to take away our freedoms. so why shouldn't we do the same thing to them?
From: Eric Cordian <emc@artifact.psychedelic.net> To: cypherpunks@minder.net Subject: Re: U.S. in violation of Geneva convention? Date: Tue, 16 Dec 2003 19:04:43 -0800 (PST)
Natt writes:
You're one-hundred percent correct. I saw that sack of shit Rumsfeld on a press conference this afternoon where he answered the specific question of does parading Saddam around violate the Geneva convention.?
Rumsfeld also revealed that the CIA has taken over the Saddam interrogation, and pundits are speculating that they will use the same torture techniques that are being used on the "detainees."
Later today, a source close to the interrogation said that Saddam would be subjected to stress and sleep deprivation. Basically, teams of interrogators will ask questions over and over again, and no one will get any rest until answers are provided.
Bill Bennett said just a few minutes ago, that Saddam's capture made America safer, because the world has learned that "If you mess with America, you wind up in a hole."
A friend of mine, when asked what he wanted from Santa for Christmas, replied, "A crater the size of DC."
Clearly, the world's leaders are looking closely at Saddam's treatment, and realizing how easily pissing off the Bush family could result in them being shown on International TV unbathed, unshaven, checked for fleas, and bent over for a rectal probe.
Of course, all of this is provoking a new arms race of astronomical proportions, as the other nations of the world realize international law means nothing, and that the US and Israel think they can judge everyone else on the planet, no one can judge them, and they can act with impunity.
This will, in a few years, result in the usual "force meets force plus brains" low level format of the arrogant, and after a few hangings, and a big round of applause, life on the planet will move on.
-- Eric Michael Cordian 0+ O:.T:.O:. Mathematical Munitions Division "Do What Thou Wilt Shall Be The Whole Of The Law"
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