The Daily Dish: "Verschärfte Vernehmung"

The Daily Dish: "Verschärfte Vernehmung":

"The phrase 'Verschärfte Vernehmung' is German for 'enhanced interrogation'. Other translations include 'intensified interrogation' or 'sharpened interrogation'. It's a phrase that appears to have been concocted in 1937, to describe a form of torture that would leave no marks, and hence save the embarrassment pre-war Nazi officials were experiencing as their wounded torture victims ended up in court. The methods, as you can see above, are indistinguishable from those described as 'enhanced interrogation techniques' by the president. As you can see from the Gestapo memo, moreover, the Nazis were adamant that their 'enhanced interrogation techniques' would be carefully restricted and controlled, monitored by an elite professional staff, of the kind recommended by Charles Krauthammer, and strictly reserved for certain categories of prisoner. At least, that was the original plan."

For some reason, it is not surprising that our torture techniques and the Nazi torture techniques are quite similar.

Cheney criticizes Geneva conventions at West Point commencement

"Capture one of these killers, and he'll be quick to demand the protections of the Geneva Convention and the Constitution of the United States," the Vice President said in the Saturday morning speech. "Yet when they wage attacks or take captives, their delicate sensibilities seem to fall away."

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So in order to punish them, we must become more like them, is that what he is saying? We have already thrown the Constitution away over the detainees, not just for them, but for us. We have ignored the Geneva conventions by torturing the detainees and not charging the majority with a crime. What should we do next Mr. Cheney? I just cannot imagine what you really want to do. Perhaps Stone them to death as a half time show during the super bowl? Kidnap their families as well?