Hail to the Thief!

Thursday, 06 October 2005

Yesterday the Senate voted to ban the use of torture by US troops. That's not news.

The news is that the vote was 90 to 9. That's right, nine United States Senators went on the record in favor of torture, and one couldn't be bothered to vote on it.

The nine torturers are:

• Wayne Allard (R-Colorado)
• Christopher Bond (R-Missouri)
• Tom Coburn (R-Oklahoma)
• Thad Cochran (R-Mississippi)
• John Cornyn (R-Texas)
• James Inhofe (R-Oklahoma)
• Pat Roberts (R-Kansas)
• Jeff Sessions (R-Alabama)
• Ted Stevens (R-Alaska)

This was an amendment to the Defense Department's annual appropriations bill, HR2863. It goes to the House of Representatives next, where most likely even more torturers will step up and identify themselves. But even before the House votes on it, the President of the USA has said he'll veto the whole appropriations bill if it comes to him with the anti-torture amendment still attached. If he does, then I guess I'll have to modify this site's tagline: "Drunk. Deserter. Coke head. Liar. Torturer. Bush."