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MEMBER BLOG TAG: return to duty

Monday, May 7, 2012 2:01PM
 
Honoring the Dishonored
Tags: Constitution, Convention against Torture, cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment, Bush deserted, Cheney, dereliction of duty, return to duty, honorable discharge
 
Whereas the Constitution of the United States declares that it and treaties ratified by Congress and signed by the president are the law of the land; and Whereas Congress ratified and the president signed the Convention against Torture and other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, and Whereas some soldiers were prosecuted, defamed, dishonored and imprisoned for torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment, and Whereas their Commander in Chief, George W. Bush, deserted those soldiers who were accused of torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment, calling them a “few bad apples,” seeing them prosecuted, defamed and imprisoned while lying that “We do not torture”; and Whereas their Commander in Chief, George W. Bush, confessed to authorizing torture, and Whereas, Vice President Cheney and other members...
 
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