Satan and GOP "Rebels" Agree on Detainee Torture Bill

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http://www.abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory?id=2475426

WASHINGTON Sep 21, 2006 (AP)— The White House and rebellious Senate Republicans announced agreement Thursday on rules for the interrogation and trial of suspects in the war on terror. President Bush urged Congress to put it into law before adjourning for the midterm elections.

"I'm pleased to say that this agreement preserves the single most potent tool we have in protecting America and foiling terrorist attacks," the president said, shortly after administration officials and key lawmakers announced agreement following a week of high-profile intraparty disagreement.

Sen. John McCain of Arizona, one of three GOP lawmakers who told Bush he couldn't have the legislation the way he initially asked for it, said, "The agreement that we've entered into gives the president the tools he needs to continue to fight the war on terror and bring these evil people to justice."

"There's no doubt that the integrity and letter and spirit of the Geneva Conventions have been preserved," McCain said, referring to the international treaties covering the treatment of prisoners in wartime.

The central sticking point had been a demand from McCain, Sen. John Warner of Virginia and Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina that there be no attempt to redefine U.S. obligations under the Geneva Conventions.

[Junkdrawer]

1. That Magna Carta was a big pile of liberal horseshit anyway...

The Divine Right of Kings RULES!!!!

















:sarcasm:

[Webster Green]

3. Really!....How far back in time must we go to satisfy these sadists

This is nuts!

Some kind of mass pyschosis has occured.

[Lasher]

2. WTF? I can't tell what happened.

Did he get retroactive immunity from prosecution or not?

[BootinUp]

4. They may not have a deal, but they decided to end

the public dispute.

[Lasher]

6. I never thought I'd see the day.

Here we are in the USA and they're debating what torture methods to use, and how to provide cover for those who will cause them to be used, and have done so in the past. I never thought we would ever even consider torturing at all, and now look at what we have become.

[Kelvin Mace]

5. McCain and Baby Bush are together