Domestic Policy

McCain, Bush, Agree On Torture Ban

December 16, 2005 ⋅  E-Mail Article ⋅  Print Article ⋅ Post a comment

Do you feel torture and unorthodox methods are required in order to preserve your safety? I go back to Jack Nicholsons’ character in a Few Good Men, Col. Jessup. Do we need people like the Colonel to make us safe from the bad guys?

President Bush and Sen. John McCain agreed to language on a bill to ban U.S. interrogators from utilizing cruel, inhumane, or degrading, treatment or punishment, of detainees in the War on Terror.

Senator McCain stated, “We reached this agreement and now we can move forward and the whole world can know as we know that the United States does not permit cruel and inhuman treatment.”

However, many individuals surveyed around the world feel that this type of treatment may be acceptable in unique cases. In Europe, where terrorist activities are now emerging, there is a growing feeling that playing by the rules may put authorities at a disadvantage. However, when they consider individuals civil liberties they cannot condone this type of treatment in the detainment of suspected criminals.

McCain advised that it is this civility that separates us from the terrorists, he stated, “We’ve sent a message to the world that the United States is not like the terrorists…We have no grief for them, but what we are is a nation that upholds values and standards of behavior and treatment of all people, no matter how evil or bad they are. And I think this will help us enormously in winning the war for the hearts and minds of people throughout the world in the War on Terror.”

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