Psychopaths

You know what I want to see? I want to see the American Press actually SAY what everybody knows and no one wants to admit:

The President of the United States likes torturing people.

Is there any real question about this?

Congress has finally passed a ban on torture, but Bush only agreed to it because he had no choice.

We've seen this insane scenario for months now: Bush publicly saying that the United States doesn't torture, while doing everything in his power to make sure that he's ALLOWED to torture, and playing twisted words games with the definition of what is and is not torture.

I'm sorry to bring up Clinton, but remember when Clinton played stupid transparent word games to keep his blowjob private? The media were all over him like jackals. Bush, though, plays stupid transparent word games so he can legally torture prisoners, and everyone pretends that it isn't happening.

And even now, when we have finally passed a ban on torture, the psychopaths in the White House didn't even wait until the ink was dry before qualifying it, and explaining that torture meant "severe" physical harm.

The utterly repulsive Alberto Gonzales appeared on Wolf Blitzer (video here, Windows media required, prepare to be disgusted) and played word games with the law immediately after it was passed. And watching this guy explain that "it depends what the definition of torture is" with this smug little grin on his face is enough to make any decent human being wretch.

WOLF BLITZER: I guess some people would say that it depends on your definition of the word 'torture.' One very sensitive interrogation technique is this 'waterboarding,' where the detainee or suspect thinks he is drowning. Is that something that you think is acceptable?

ALBERTO GONZALES: What I will tell you is that the Congress has defined what torture is, and it is intentional infliction of severe - I emphasize the word 'severe' - the intentional infliction of severe physical or mental pain or suffering. That is the definition that Congress says; that kind of conduct would constitute torture.

BLITZER: And waterboarding, is that severe?

GONZALES: Well, again, that would be something that would have to be evaluated on a case-by-case basis. But Congress - Wolf, I'm not going to get into a discussion or debate with you about specific techniques. What I can reassure you is that we know what the Congress has said what torture means, and we try to provide guidance to assure that everyone is meeting the standards as prescribed to us by Congress.

Gonzales is saying that if he can legally justify it, he will do it.

Is there any other reasonable way to interpret this disgusting exchange?

And we know - just look at the wiretapping news this morning - that the Bush administration doesn't even really think that they need to allow the law to prevent them from doing what they want to do.

If they can legally justify it, they will do it.

If they can't - they'll do it anyway.