Obama and Torture: “Chains We Can Believe In”
By David J. Theroux • Friday February 20, 2009 10:47 AM PDT • 2 Comments
Check out cartoonist Mark Fiore’s hilarious, new animated video on Obama’s support for the U.S. government’s “state secrets,” rendition and torture program, “Chains We Can Believe In.”
Under a rule of law, individuals are presumed innocent until convicted of harming others, and America was founded on the natural law principles that every person has an unalienable right to life, liberty and property. As with the Bush administration before, if the Obama Justice Department is so certain that those who are being secretly abducted, imprisoned and tortured by the C.I.A. (indefinitely without charge or trial) are indeed guilty, then they should be tried accordingly and held accountable. However, if such evidence is not the case, then how does the Justice Department know that they are guilty? And if those being held are innocent, then who will bring criminal charges against those responsible for their abduction and torture? Abandoning the rule of law is precisely what civilized people are objecting to in opposing terrorist acts in the first place.
For all Obama supporters and people worldwide, I recommend the Who’s prophetic song, “Won’t Get Fooled Again.”
HT: Carl Haberberger
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Great stuff, David
Keep it up!
I never paid attention to the words of that song before...
Love
Jules
Julie Sheppard | Feb 23, 2009 | Reply
“Under a rule of law, individuals are presumed innocent until convicted of harming others”
That should be “UNLESS”, the word “until” implies that there is guilt, and there is only a matter of time to prove it.
Thus, a man is innocent unless proven guilty.
Sorry to be a stickler, but it’s been these little changes over the past 233 years that have gently edged us away from our rights. Once they get us repeating them, we’re done
joe4liberty | Feb 24, 2009 | Reply