Is it just hubris or does he just need a bris?

posted by The Vidiot @ 5:32 PM Permalink

Attorney General criticizes Supreme Court ruling on detainees

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"As a lawyer, I think words should mean something, so when I read a treaty that says it applies to conflicts `not of an international character,' I take those words to mean what they say. . . . I give advice on words as I read them, as I interpret them."
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Gonzales said he was more concerned with "where we end up than how we get there."

As a citizen I also think words should mean something and he just paraphrased 'the ends justify the means.' WTF!?

But it's not like this is a surprise considering Gonzales' previous (il)legal contortions positions:

"In my judgment, this new paradigm renders obsolete Geneva's strict limitations on questioning of enemy prisoners and renders quaint some of its provisions."

The Geneva Conventions are 'quaint' and 'obsolete'!? And why would he write something so obviously unAmerican and just plain morally wrong?

I'm so glad you asked: he was trying to escape future prosecution for war crimes:

Gonzales also argued that dropping Geneva would allow the president to "preserve his flexibility" in the war on terror. His reasoning? That U.S. officials might otherwise be subject to war-crimes prosecutions under the Geneva Conventions. Gonzales said he feared "prosecutors and independent counsels who may in the future decide to pursue unwarranted charges" based on a 1996 U.S. law that bars "war crimes," which were defined to include "any grave breach" of the Geneva Convention

Please allow me to interject that the dehumanization and torture of people is just plain wrong!

This is supposed to be a Feith faith based administration with Jesus as their saviour and in their hearts.

Apparently they haven't read their bible(s): "Do to others as you would have them do to you." - Jesus
Or any other text from the world's major religions and philosophies:
"Love your neighbor as yourself" - Moses (ca. 1525-1405 BCE) in the Torah, Leviticus
"Hurt no one so that no one may hurt you" — Muhammad, The Farewell Sermon.
"What you do not want others to do to you, do not do to others." -Confucius (ca. 551–479 BCE)
"What is hateful to you, do not to your fellow man." - Hillel (ca. 50 BCE-10 CE)
"if we sow goodness, we will reap goodness; if we sow evil, we will reap evil." - Hinduism

It doesn't matter whether you follow a particular religion, or subscribe to The Rights of Man or believe that "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness" it seems obvious that this misAdministration has abandoned all the principles, beliefs and teachings that our country was founded on.