Japanese Water Boarding
Twenty-one years earlier, in 1947, the United States charged a Japanese officer, Yukio Asano, with war crimes for carrying out another form of
waterboarding on a U.S. civilian. The subject was strapped on a stretcher that was tilted so that his feet were in the air and head near the floor,
and small amounts of water were poured over his face, leaving him gasping for air until he agreed to talk.
Why do you think they got of good 'ol Alberto Gonzalez was thrown under the bus, it wasn't just cause of the whole politization of the Justice
department. He wrote a memo back in 2002. As you'll read the Secretary of State's office, Colin Powell, was against this. Because it was obvious
they were looking for loopholes for torture.
lawofwar.org...
"The nature of [a "war" against terrorism] places a high premium on ...factors such as the ability to quickly obtain information from captured
terrorists and their sponsors ... and the need to try terrorists for war crimes... [t]his new paradigm renders obsolete Geneva's strict limitations
on questioning of enemy prisoners..."
Geneva Conventions.
en.wikipedia.org...
It describes minimal protections which must be adhered to by all individuals within a signatory's territory during an armed conflict not of an
international character (regardless of citizenship or lack thereof): Noncombatants, combatants who have laid down their arms, and combatants who are
hors de combat (out of the fight) due to wounds, detention, or any other cause shall in all circumstances be treated humanely, including prohibition
of outrages upon personal dignity, in particular humiliating and degrading treatment. The passing of sentences must also be pronounced by a regularly
constituted court, affording all the judicial guarantees which are recognized as indispensable by civilized peoples.
This is why there are those blacksites we send the T words off too. Now if stuff like this goes on at Guantanamo Bay, I believe the supreme court said
since it was our land because it was our base, whether we rented it or not.
Now the only thing that gets me with the inhumane treatment that went on in Iraq. Is they prosecuted from the bottom, as opposed to investigation
happening. And prosecuting those that gave these orders, like what they did to the Germans in World War 2. Which, if you do you research, looks like
it came from the Executive branch and at least from the DOD and DOJ.
Also to the person that said this falls on democrats, old medic I believe, if you watched the video you would know this video is from 2006. And if you
didn't pay attention to politics or didn't know Republicans had congress' power from 1994-2006. Now I don't know if this part of the legislation
was passed, BUT, why would Bush sign a law/act that reverses this with democrats in power?
[edit on 14-11-2008 by djpaec]
