Democrats lose the ‘torture’ debate

Washington Post ^ | 05 Jan 15 | Marc Thiessen

[Drew68]

As we begin 2015, we can take solace that the “torture” debate is finally behind us. But before we close the book on six sordid years of Democratic demagoguery and investigations, let the record show that the opponents of the CIA interrogation program were completely and utterly defeated.

Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.), who chairs the Senate intelligence committee, launched a six-year, 6,000-page, $40 million investigation into the CIA interrogation program, with the goal of convincing Americans that a) the program did not work and that b) enhanced interrogations were wrong and should never again be permitted.

She failed on all counts.

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[Drew68]

...despite the best efforts of Holder and Feinstein, the CIA has been cleared both by the Department of Justice and by the court of public opinion.

This pretty much sums everything up. Good article, from beginning to end.

[jmacusa]

What was the forty million spent on?

[Dave346]

The Rats may have lost the torture debate, but until there is a change in the WH, we aren’t doing any real interrogations thanks to Zero’s executive orders.

We’re pretty much limited to killing through drone strikes, while the occasional terrorist captured gets civilian trials in NYC (as Abu Anas al Libi would’ve gotten if he didn’t die first).

God help us if we suffer another major terror attack in the next 2 years due to these insane policies!

[Dave346]

And the worst of the worst who are stuck in Guantanamo like KSM won’t ever be tried without a change in the WH, since Zero halted the military tribunals.

[KC_Conspirator]

And — most importantly — 76 percent said they would do it again to protect the country.

There you have it; 6 years and 40 million dollars wasted.

[originalbuckeye]

And watch for a plethora of pre-emptive pardons if we are able to eject the Bamster and Moochelle from the WH in 2017.

[EQAndyBuzz]

“What was the forty million spent on?”

I believe her husband has military contracts. Which means it vanished.

[HotHunt]

After reading the book and watching the movie, "Unbroken", about American airman Louie Zamperini's torture at the hands of his WWII Japanese captors, the US has nothing to be apologetic for in our enhanced interrogation methods, waterboarding included. The Japanese were sadistic, brutal and inhumane in the treatment of their POWs. What we do, at its worst, is like Pooh Bear in comparison.

The liberals should shut up about denigrating the US CIA, trying to makes us look so evil. We are far from it. They should be ashamed of themselves.