Why Torture The Undie Bomber & Not The Shoe Bomber?

[kpete]

The Shoe Bomber And The Undie Bomber

Bloggers have had a great time exposing the inconsistency on the pro-torture right. Why should Umar Farouk Abdul Mutallab be tortured as an enemy combatant while Richard Reid was prosecuted by civilian authorities under Bush? Isn't the unconscious truth obvious? One has an English name; the other has a very foreign-sounding Muslim name. One was born in Bromley and one in Kenya. One is "us"; the other is "them". And it is much easier to torture them than to torture us. It just seems to me that this distinction has no moral, legal or strategic basis.

http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily_dish/2010/01/the-shoe-bomber-and-the-undie-bomber.html

[spanone]

1. because the shoe bomber was arrested under a republican regime...different standards apply

[Warpy]

2. Are you really expecting logic and rational thought from right wing bloggers?

These are our Chicken Littles. Every little thing sends them jumping out of their skins and fear makes them very stupid and incapable of thinking anything through.

Fortunately, most intelligent people know they're wrong and don't bother listening to their advice.

[TexasObserver]

3. Recommend

[Javaman]

4. Because someone has to stop the assault on our clothing!!!

first the came for our shoes and we did nothing!!

:rofl:

[catnhatnh]

5. Succinctly, because by calling on the administration to do so,

they can then call Mr. Obama weak if he doesn't OR a war criminal if he does...