The New York Times, a day late and a dollar short, has called for prosecutions for the torture program under the Bush/Cheney White House. To the great dismay of many decent human beings, President Obama has said there will be none. That being the case, then I feel to save even a shred of honour, at the very least the President owes the world this: An open letter from the Desk of the President of the United States: To the Governments of Iran, Khadafy’s Libya, Cuba; to surviving members of the Viet-Cong, NVA and the officers of the KGB, North Korean Intelligence, Japanese Imperial Army/Navy and all Secret Police forces not otherwise mentioned: On behalf of the people of the United States, we extend our deepest apologies for our statements now and in the past wherein we condemned, criticized and censored your attempts to protect your lives, liberty and property through methods we now refer to as enhanced interrogation techniques. At times in the past, we mistakenly assumed the position that use of EITs constituted a crime against humanity and mistakenly called such techniques as “Torture”. We were under the mistaken impression that EITs were a violation of human rights as well as a civilized code of conduct, and for many years condemned your nation or organization, both internally and internationally, as “criminal” for the use of such methods. We have since come to realize as a people that they are in fact, useful, efficient and a completely legal means to extract vital information from unwilling informants. It is understood that in the past many of the techniques of EITs were used against our own citizens and some of those who used those techniques were later imprisoned and even executed as criminals. We offer our apologies to these victims of our misplaced ideals and to their families. We did not understand the importance and rightful place such techniques had in the security of a nation. This is a mistake, we have since corrected. It is true that there are currently many American citizens who experienced EIT’s while being held by Japan, Germany, Korea, China, or Vietnam. One of these men now sits as a Senator in our own government. Regretfully, he continues to be under the impression he was “tortured” and to speak out against EIT’s. For this we apologize and ask understanding of his prejudice given his first-hand experience. However, be assured that the majority of Americans fully support the use of EIT’s and, therefore, by extension hold no animosity towards any nation or organization that uses such valuable and useful techniques against any American, either in the past, present or future. As President, it is my honor to announce that we as a people are going forward and not looking back. The United States proudly takes it place alongside other great nations such as Vietnam, Stalins Soviet Union, North Korea, Communist China, Nazi Germany, Fascist Italy and Japan, Iran, Libya under Khadafy and other States and organizations that practice EIT’s. As a nation that has and most likely will continue, to use EITs as an acceptable means of gathering intelligence, I know we as Americans will continue to be an exceptional people. Thank you and God Bless the United States of America.
Posted on: Tue, 23 Dec 2014 23:02:10 +0000
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