“Kings have long Arms, but Misfortune longer: Let none think themselves out of her Reach.” Benjamin Franklin, Poor Richard’s Almanac, 1752
2005: President Bush said today that he would support GOP Senator John McCain on a bill banning torture. Bush said the ban would “make it clear to the world that this government does not torture and that we adhere to the international convention [against] torture, whether it be here at home or abroad”. Perhaps thinking that he was King George and not a president, Mr. Bush subsequently signed a statement saying he could ignore the torture ban when he feels it necessary for security.
A letter signed by 21 retired military officers urged President Bush to uphold the provisions of the law that he had signed, stating “Clear and unambiguous implementation will help ensure that our brave men and women in uniform will never again feel that to prevail against the enemy they must risk their honor or the values they fight to protect”.
“You took an oath to defend our flag and our freedom, and you kept that oath under seas and under fire.” President Bush, January 10th 2006. One assumes that they kept that oath when under siege as well.
Read more in the 2008 Bush Calendar/Day Planner/Stocking Stuffer: http://www.PoorGeorgesAlmanac.com/onThisDate.htm
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