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Accountability for Torture
midknight
February 27, 2009
3:05 PM PST
Please don t give me the old ,if left in peace they will get it> that I would support because let s face it we did it on our own but we had men that helped and we know that the economy in South Arabia was good so you know what is bull....
is just not convenient and as long as it is this way I want help to fix it
midknight
February 27, 2009
3:01 PM PST
GR can You please help not only the Palestinians but also all those women that need a voice,I know You can do it if You want,ask Your wife to help,she must be an amazing woman,she can help You love to you and your family
midknight
February 27, 2009
12:53 AM PST
GR the corporation idea is good ,it would make me feel very happy, finally all in the open,the" so bright" ,looking like an idiot and a treader that would be the right Karma,I am thinking for the other one ...I am sure something would happen by divine intervention
Sorry i just noticed that I am in the wrong discussion,I am going to bed,GR thank You for being there for me I needed validation,it was the perfect moment somehow You unlocked me from my anger and poor me state as I said You save my life I know it and thank You some people thinks that being emotional means weakness,they don't get that ,to show them, means to be strong enough to handle them,means being almost over it..to bad
midknight
February 27, 2009
12:26 AM PST
even the mean ones should be saved,just educated and set free,please give me Your word under Your God that You will use Your communication gift to help people in need from the most fragile to the lest one with fairness and no anger just determination,with charisma comes responsibility,You really can make a difference in women life's because men respect You and the situation with the corporation...to bad but we are honorable and we wont allow any violence at all,not emotional,not physical,none,just the HEART MIND SOUL EXCHANGE
Hello to the SCEICCO and thank You again I was really under the weather and I guarantee i am not the only one that got really heart,if somebody is mean with one it will have the same attitude when cornered by an other so good luck,karma is a b.....
midknight
February 26, 2009
11:22 PM PST
Remember that there is at list an other person that got really hearth and that is very vindictive ,the one that lost only some of it and made the other party miserable, that one could have fought for it, but had to let go to save the poor soul,arrogance and hate goes only so far,for some is just bloody passion
How can anybody do that to anybody?
midknight
February 26, 2009
10:46 PM PST
Grass Roots thank You for saving my life I understand way more than You think,I beg You to think about all my loved ones that are all OVER the Universe ,every creature ,every little leaf and I apologize to Mizo for doing what I though was right,sorry if I sounded rude and judgmental,somehow I mist posted something LOVE AND THANK YOU AGAIN I WILL NEVER FORGET
Lets talk about something light shall we?
midknight
February 26, 2009
10:31 PM PST
It s even worse than the: no sleep,the feather under the foot and from the electric shock,I can just imagine,my ears are very good,sometimes better than the cats ouch
I hope the inventors of this type of torture and who trains and desensitize the soldiers to do it, feels and felt the same, times 3 ,or, that they wake/woke up and admit their horrible act,pay the price of those orders,go to jail or depending by the responsibility level, loose all their assets ,which would obviously go to the abused and the families of the already deceased ; the higher the status of the abuser the longer the years of community service,they will have to work for those poor Americans that had and have ,the heart in the right place,the ones kept in the dark and often ignorant, because of much propaganda,one of pure fear,the ones that really don t know better,the ones that just don t get it and the ones that are aware and are totally uphold by it ,and , doing all they can to change the system with the tools they have. I hope that the God and Goddess are hearing my prayer,because is all for You ,all the ones that in a way or an other have been heart by bullies of all kind,may You all have so much love that your wound can heal as fast as a lighting in a summer storm
Love Peace Prosperity Health Freedom Happiness Joy to all with with my heart
Grassroots
February 26, 2009
10:21 AM PST
The next time you listen to your favorite music,consider this.
What else is MUSIC,that is SUPPOSED to be voluntary and for PLEASURE,USED FOR???
Consider all the thousands of people who are MADE to listen to 'music' to drive them insane.
And believe me,this is considered 'SOFT' torture.
Imagine this was done to your children at the consent of the US Government/CIA,Congress persons etc?
http://www.reprieve.org.uk/Press_stop_torture_music.htm
Grassroots
February 26, 2009
9:24 AM PST
I am reposting this again,on behalf of all innocent people held indefinately at the behest of the CIA/US Bush Government,with knowledge of MI5/6 and the Blair Government.
No-one can say"America does not torture" with their hand on their heart and soul,when many Americans,other world nationals and THE VICTIMS themselves know that WE DO!
Do not insult our intelligence,patriotism or integrity Mr President.
UNLESS there is ACCOUNTABILITY in open transparent public court for these HORRORS,we will never have a deterrent,it will continue and THE DOMESTIC and INTERNATIONAL IMAGE of AMERICA will be lost for EVER,as a standard/mentor to follow and emulate.

Flashback to 2005:
How terribly sad that our Government should ABANDON all their Constitutional tenets/laws and ignore International Rules of War/Detention/Containment etc,and do THESE TERRIBLE,terrible things to uncharged innocents(before proven guilty in a court of law),many of whom were handed in for moneatry ransomes and had NOT COMMITTED any crimes.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2005/dec/11/politics.alqaida

So far,NONE of the'DETAINEES',have been proven to be guilty,by concrete or circumstantial evidence or unco-erced testimony.
WE,the public already know WHERE and WHAT was done to these men(and women).
We know that their lives,health,emotions and sanity will never be the same again.
Now,if they had been found ABSOLUTELY guilty with indisputable,documented evidence,then after a criminal trial they should be MADE to serve life in confinement,at least.
BUT,none of them,who have been through such horrendous torture and abuse have so far been proven as guilty.
Not EVEN KSM,or whatever they chose to call him.
Binyam is being released from Guantanamo.He's probabaly almost dead,from hunger strike,and terrible psychological problems and he will never have children,bless him.
And,like Jose Padilla,he has endured EVERYTHING that America fought the War of Independence(from Britain) to get AWAY FROM.
Everything that they have been through is the opposite of what WE,in America,and OUR GOVERNMENT SWEAR to protect us,and all others AGAINST.
If we are to be a true,fair,transparent DEMOCRACY under the Rule of Law,it is OUR DUTY to not do to others as we would NOT HAVE THEM do to us.
No hypocrisy! No double standards! No exceptions!
Otherwise Barack Obama,you may as well be the ONE who did all these appalling things to UNLAWFULLY detained prisoners.
You(OBAMA),just like Bush,Cheney,Rumsfeld,Rice and the few bad Moroccans,Pakistanis,Jordanians,Egyptians,Syrians,Americans,Israelis,British etc,that TORTURED,and damaged for life these prisoners,might as well as wielded the scalpel,whip,broken bottles,faeces/urine,wooden batons(to name but a few) YOURSELF.
And Obama,some of the torture used on these humans,makes waterboarding look COMFORTABLE,in comparison. Many methods going back to the demonic,draconian,Spanish Inquisition.
We ALREADY know,mostly,what happened,where and by whom.It's widely documented already.
And,more information is coming out EVERY day.
Americans are learning what is being done to others in the name of "Democracy".
Obama,you PROMISED TRANSPARENCY and Rule of Law.
Don't keep America as a TERRORIST,as Bush/Clinton/Bush preferred us to be.
Don't threaten Great Britain and spout off about National Secrets that the PEOPLE KNOW OF ALREADY!
Seize the day. Honour the Rule of Law and Constitution. Respect DEMOCRACY and HUMANITY. Hold those responsible ACCOUNTABLE,in the public eye,and in court,especially those at the TOP of the chain of power who issued the orders.
Investigate.
Prosecute.
Close the books and never go there AGAIN!
Then,maybe America can hold its head up proudly again?
Until then,our Government will remain a COWARDLY hypocrit,and should expect no respect from outside GOOD CONSCIENCE Nations/States/Monarchies etc.
WE CAN HANDLE IT. It's our duty to! And the truth should NEVER be denied.
Come on OBAMA! Don't try to bury something we have already seen.
DEAL WITH IT.LAWFULLY!
mizo
February 25, 2009
12:22 AM PST
I don't who some body suggests to put aside the moral standings of a state, who claims to be democratic one, because of the "nation reputation".
If you care about your "nation reputation" really, then you need to acknowledge and then fix the past, unless the outside look of your state is the important issue and not the core this state built on; then yes you need to cover the past, even you could say: It didn't happened.
midknight
February 23, 2009
3:39 PM PST
Dear A_orin,have You ever been bullied?do You know what the fist healing step is?
If I come in Your home and break Your Great grand mother te pot that You had for years and I act as if nothing really happened,how would You react to me and My ignorance,would You be able to forgive me faster if I show some remorse for destroying the last thing that was hers?
we are talking about human life's,we have soldiers dying for a wrong cause and we should apologize to those families as well and then You have the Iraqis,the Palestinians definitely,how do we move on with out the full truth and with out taking our responsibility and apologizing for the greed and the ignorance showed till now
Grassroots
February 23, 2009
3:06 PM PST
p.s. I forgot 2 important points:
1) As a Constitutional "Democracy" we have NO CHOICE,IT IS MANDATORY,according to the Rule of Law to investigate,evidentially prosecute /defend and invoke penalty if found guilty.
2) If we do not seek accountable,we do not actually move forward,WE MOVE BACKWARD,to before 1776.How do we explain that to our children?
Grassroots
February 23, 2009
2:25 PM PST
Focusing on a better future MEANS holding to account all those who commit atrocities in America's name right now.
Otherwise you REWARD the perpetrators/criminals and GREATLY offend/insult the victims,and turn Justice upside down.
To balance a Democratic system one must have ACCOUNTABILITY for WAR CRIMES.
It is OUR DUTY,morally,ethically,legally to punish the perpetrators and give respectful closure to the victims.Otherwise we are hypocrits.
Nothing about accountability is pleasant.
But,it must be addressed,investigated,prosecuted and judicially,punitively closed.
If we DO NOT hold those,from the highest levels down,to account then we provide NO DETERRENT for the future.
We show that we CONDONE LAWLESSNESS and brutality,instead of truth,liberty and justice.
We cannot allow those who place/raise their hands,on their faith/law and according to the Rule of Constitutional Law,to PERJURE that SOLEMN oath,without being held accountable.
You do the crime,you do the time!
We can deal with TRUTH,and move on. National guilt festers,and stinks.Deal with judicially,cleanly and THEN MOVE ON.
We cannot move on WITH DECEPTION,or neglect.
There is NO TRUST,integrity,respect with deception and neglect.
For anyone who has read the legally documented accounts of the torture that was done to others,UNCHARGED,and WITHOUT solid evidence of criminal wrongdoing(and "waterboarding" was one of the 'soft' methods in comparison to others,believe ME),there would be NO DOUBT in their minds that it is OUR DUTY to hold the orderers/facilitators of such things ACCOUNTABLE,on trial and thrown in prison.
We must have a DETERRENT,and make sure it NEVER happens again.EVER!
If we ignore these crimes,we are morally,ethically,legally COMPLICIT in them.
No skeletons in the US 'closet'.
TRUTH,RECONCILIATION,TRANSPARENCY,and JUSTICE(remember,Mr Obama?)
We don't need Kangaroo courts,or hidden shams of "justice".
Do it Democratically,openly OR forget Democracy and side with tyranny.

a_orin
February 23, 2009
11:43 AM PST
I think Obama's agenda should be focused on the future of American policy, not sweeping up its past. Seeking accountability for the recent American use of torture will only alleviate the short term blemish on America's reputation. Shaping future policy, closing Guantanamo and other secret prisons, and ensuring that it does not happen again is more important than any symbolic court room show.
LinkTV
February 23, 2009
11:30 AM PST
Has America resorted to torture in the name of the "War on Terror"? Scenes from Abu Ghraib and Guantanamo made many question whether we have damaged our democratic values and humanitarian ideals. Now, with President Barack Obama sworn into office, there is a strong current of change in the air. Will the new administration hold the perpetrators of torture - including those at the top who authorized water-boarding and other interrogation techniques - accountable for their actions?