Jesse Ventura and Keith Olbermann on the Issue of Torture
Just in case you missed it this week, Jesse Ventura has been making the rounds on many of the talk shows, addressing the issue of waterboarding. Although I disagree with Mr. Ventura on some issues and some of his policies, I am in full agreement with him that waterboarding is torture. It was when it was performed on our troops in World War II, just as it is now. Mr. Ventura was waterboarded as part of his SERE (Survival Escape Resistance Evasion) training; I therefore value his perspective and his candid earnestness on the issue. Below is a clip of his appearance on The View, where he gets into a debate with Elisabeth Hasselbeck.
As Mr. Ventura puts it:
You give me a waterboard, Dick Cheney and one hour, and I’ll have him confess to the Sharon Tate murders.
The thought that the Obama administration is not seeking to prosecute members of the Bush administration for their participation and authorization of waterboarding really upsets me. In my opinion, the power of the justice system, in this country, is the ideal that no one is above the law. We must hold organizations and individuals accountable for their actions; those that violate human rights and commit war crimes must be prosecuted for such. The past eight years have been a moral low point in American history, and we must right these wrongs in order to move forward and prevent this from reoccurring in the future. In the video below Keith Olbermann issues a special comment in order to give some historical perspective on the need to prosecute.
Torture is ineffective and wrong! This is not a partisan issue, it’s a humanitarian issue. And, no matter how difficult it may be to look into the mirror and see the evil of our past, we as Americans must hold our follow citizens to the same standard that we demand of the rest of the world. We must strive to recognize that we are all global citizens, each endowed with fundamental human rights that are guaranteed by the Constitution, the Bill of Rights, the Geneva Convention, and Habeas Corpus.
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Jesse Ventura and Keith Olbermann on the Issue of Torture
Just in case you missed it this week, Jesse Ventura has been making the rounds on many of the talk shows, addressing the issue of waterboarding. Although I disagree with Mr. Ventura on some issues and some of his policies, I am in full agreement with him that waterboarding is torture. It was when it was performed on our troops in World War II, just as it is now. Mr. Ventura was waterboarded as part of his SERE (Survival Escape Resistance Evasion) training; I therefore value his perspective and his candid earnestness on the issue. Below is a clip of his appearance on The View, where he gets into a debate with Elisabeth Hasselbeck.
As Mr. Ventura puts it:
From YouTube:
The thought that the Obama administration is not seeking to prosecute members of the Bush administration for their participation and authorization of waterboarding really upsets me. In my opinion, the power of the justice system, in this country, is the ideal that no one is above the law. We must hold organizations and individuals accountable for their actions; those that violate human rights and commit war crimes must be prosecuted for such. The past eight years have been a moral low point in American history, and we must right these wrongs in order to move forward and prevent this from reoccurring in the future. In the video below Keith Olbermann issues a special comment in order to give some historical perspective on the need to prosecute.
From YouTube:
Torture is ineffective and wrong! This is not a partisan issue, it’s a humanitarian issue. And, no matter how difficult it may be to look into the mirror and see the evil of our past, we as Americans must hold our follow citizens to the same standard that we demand of the rest of the world. We must strive to recognize that we are all global citizens, each endowed with fundamental human rights that are guaranteed by the Constitution, the Bill of Rights, the Geneva Convention, and Habeas Corpus.
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Tags: Human Rights, Jesse Ventura, Keith Olbermann, Special Comment, Torture, Waterboarding