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i addressed it a few times above.
most directly in the context of stuff about the algerian war.
a short answer: torture does nothing to advance the stated rationale--but it does provide opposition with an extra level of moral critique of american actions under george w bush (as if more was needed) and by extension will increase rather than decrease problems the states faces internationally at that level--and the political damage to the united states and its institutions that will result from the official embrace of torture, the rewriting of the geneva conventions, the affirmation of a system of kangaroo courts, the revoking of habeas corpus, the expansion of the definition of "terrorist" in a way that makes it easier for american citizens to find themselves sucked into the black hole at the center of bush world--all this will create enormous political damage for all of us.
there is nothing good that can come of this legislation.
its primary function appears to be as a buttress for republican political prospects in november.
i would personally hope that every last one of the legislators who voted for the appalling piece of shit bill will find themselves without a job in the legislative branch at the next possible opportunity.
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a gramophone its corrugated trumpet silver handle
spinning dog. such faithfulness it hear
it make you sick.
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