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...response to a debate within the Bush administration over what interrogation techniques were acceptable, President Bush stated that prisoners at Guanatanamo should be treated “humanely and, to the extent appropriate with military necessity, in a manner consistent with” the Geneva Conventions. We disagree. We believe that prisoners should be treated in a manner consistent with the Geneva Conventions, period...
...mandate for the humane treatment of prisoners should never be qualified, especially by vague phrases like “to the extent appropriate with military necessity.” Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, like Bush, used such characteristically vague language in a memorandum released in April 2003, in which he approved 24 techniques of interrogation. The memorandum states that prisoners may be interrogated in settings “that may be less comfortable” but do not “constitute a substantial change in environmental quality.” Such language is too vague to prevent inhumane methods...
...political strategist working on advertisements for a Democratic group told the Times, “To the extent that it’s more incendiary than ever, it’s because people are more dug in…I’ve never seen a presidential race this polarized. It’s a little like trying to break through solid rock. You’ve got to use really strong dynamite to get in there.” Yet while it is certainly true that voters are increasingly difficult to sway—especially considering that after three...
...action, of course, the operation would require far more troops than the U.S. currently has in Iraq. Iran, after all, is three times the size, and its people can be expected to be no more welcoming of an occupation than the Iraqis are. Tehran will be encouraged by the extent to which Iraq has stretched U.S. combat capability. Particularly to the extent that it remains tied down in Iraq, it's hard to imagine Washington finding the resources to mount a full-blown invasion and occupation of Iran, and fewer allies than it has in Iraq...
Mahan said that the delegation discussed when the tailgates could begin and end, to what extent the tailgate overseers would have to encourage people to go into the stadium, and the shutdown and cleanup procedure...