The Question of Torture

The PBS series Frontline continues to be the best show on television. I just watched Frontline’s The Question of Torture, a documentary about the use of torture at Guantanamo Bay and in Iraq. The show left little doubt that policies coming from the top of President Bush’s administration are responsible for the crimes that were committed and still are committed.

The multitude of immoral acts make it impossible to put on more show trials of the troopers at the bottom of the chain of command so as to silence the critics. They did not work in the first place. To put our troops in the degrading position of having to torture people is the worst and most cynical thing that has ever happened to our military.

President Bush, who refuses to sign a bill that condemns and makes torture illegal, is responsible for any future crimes. The U. S. Senate is being more than fair to him. He at least is being given a choice.