Cheney Speech
Former Vice President Dick Cheney Says Iraq War and Controversial Interrogation Techniques Were ‘Right Things to Do’
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Cheney said that sending the U.S. military to Iraq was “the right thing to do” after the events of 9/11.
The Cornell Daily Sun (https://cornellsun.com/tag/waterboarding/)
Cheney said that sending the U.S. military to Iraq was “the right thing to do” after the events of 9/11.
So, we’re a nation that tortures.
Doesn’t feel particularly good to think about in the abstract, let alone face as a reality. But, that’s what the United States has done, torture. We’ve probably done it for a long while.
Writing this blog, I saw two options as to how to handle the issue. I could just talk about how we justified torture in several ways, ranging from the “greater good” argument to avoiding the issue on technicalities (e.g.