Wish he would make up his mind.
Bush explains veto of waterboarding bill – Yahoo! News
President Bush said Saturday he vetoed legislation that would ban the CIA from using harsh interrogation methods such as waterboarding to break suspected terrorists because it would end practices that have prevented attacks.
“The bill Congress sent me would take away one of the most valuable tools in the war on terror,” Bush said in his weekly radio address taped for broadcast Saturday. “So today I vetoed it,” Bush said. The bill provides guidelines for intelligence activities for the year and includes the interrogation requirement. It passed the House in December and the Senate last month.
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President Bush has yet to understand basic 3d grade civics. Government consits of three co-equal branches, and for it to work, each branch must give due consideration to the others. That means that although one branch can do something doesn’t always mean it should. The will of the people is expressed via the Congress. When Congress bends over, Prez is happy. When Congress stands up, he knocks ’em down.
I will never forgive Bush for vetoing this legislation. I hope history treats him harshly for this and other acts against humanity.