Detainees, Torture, Etc.
President Bush and Senate Republicans seem to have reached a compromise in the dispute over the treatment of detained terror suspects. The compromise allows the CIA interrogation program, which may or may not involve torture to go on and seems to open the door to military trail of terror suspects.
This agreement means nothing because of the circumstances of the War on Terror. If our troops or agents capture a top Al Qaeda leader whom they suspect of planning something really bad they are going to do whatever it takes to get that man to talk no matter what Congress says. That's the nature of the war we fight, no US Agent is going to put the rights real or imagined of terrorists above the lives of Americans. Anymore than any British or French agent is going to put British subjects or French citizens' lives at risk by respecting terrorists' rights.
Even if the US decides not to torture, etc., we can simply turn the terrorist over to somebody who will. If the CIA grabs a senior terrorist and can't use any means necessary to make him talk, they'll turn to somebody else for help.
The plane carrying the terrorist to Guantanamo Bay will develop "engine trouble" and set down in say China or Russia. Once on the ground the terrorist will "escape" and immediately be captured by the local secret police who just happen to be waiting at the airfield. And note escape might mean being thrown out of the plane by a couple of burly Marines.
Once in the secret police's hands the terrorist will be taken to security headquarters and interogated. American agents will be in the room to get the information they need and if somebody questions what's going on. They'll act just like the French police chief in Casablanca. They'll be shocked to see that torture is going on and recommend that anybody who is shocked should file a complaint with Amnesty International.
So let's face the truth folks, since Sept. 11 and the Anthrax attacks terrorists and their leaders have only one right: once in custody the right to cooperate. Until Al Qaeda and its allies renounce brutal attacks against civilians that's the way it will have to be.
This agreement means nothing because of the circumstances of the War on Terror. If our troops or agents capture a top Al Qaeda leader whom they suspect of planning something really bad they are going to do whatever it takes to get that man to talk no matter what Congress says. That's the nature of the war we fight, no US Agent is going to put the rights real or imagined of terrorists above the lives of Americans. Anymore than any British or French agent is going to put British subjects or French citizens' lives at risk by respecting terrorists' rights.
Even if the US decides not to torture, etc., we can simply turn the terrorist over to somebody who will. If the CIA grabs a senior terrorist and can't use any means necessary to make him talk, they'll turn to somebody else for help.
The plane carrying the terrorist to Guantanamo Bay will develop "engine trouble" and set down in say China or Russia. Once on the ground the terrorist will "escape" and immediately be captured by the local secret police who just happen to be waiting at the airfield. And note escape might mean being thrown out of the plane by a couple of burly Marines.
Once in the secret police's hands the terrorist will be taken to security headquarters and interogated. American agents will be in the room to get the information they need and if somebody questions what's going on. They'll act just like the French police chief in Casablanca. They'll be shocked to see that torture is going on and recommend that anybody who is shocked should file a complaint with Amnesty International.
So let's face the truth folks, since Sept. 11 and the Anthrax attacks terrorists and their leaders have only one right: once in custody the right to cooperate. Until Al Qaeda and its allies renounce brutal attacks against civilians that's the way it will have to be.
posted by great one at 3:53 AM
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