Retired military officers push Bush on torture ban

[Rose Siding]

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A group of retired military officers urged President George W. Bush on Thursday to spell out how he will enforce a ban on the torture of U.S.-held prisoners, complaining he muddied the issue in a statement last month.

Bush reluctantly accepted the ban, pushed by Arizona Republican Sen. John McCain, after scandals over abuse of detainees at Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq, harsh interrogations at the U.S. prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and reports the CIA ran secret prisons abroad to hold terrorism suspects.

Retired military leaders including Marine Gen. Joseph Hoar, who was U.S. Central Command commander-in-chief, said Bush should clarify his stance after making a statement last month that some experts said signaled he would bypass rules for treatment of detainees when he saw fit, even after he signed them into law.

The 22 former military officers in their letter said Bush should ensure that "your administration speak with a consistent voice to make clear that the United States now has a single standard of conduct specified in law that governs all interrogations."
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[LynnTheDem]

1. "bush reluctantly accepted the ban"...ON TORTURE.

The New America, where the COMMANDER IN CHIEF OF WE THE PEOPLE is the SOLE ORGAN of the entire nation and is ABOVE ALL LAWS and can do anything he/she wants including ordering the TORTURE of anyone (American or not).

That's GOD BLESS AMERICA! RAH! RAH! RAH!

Stupid motherfuckers wake the fuck up.

BUSH...HITLER...same shit, different asshole. The Germans say it and they should know.