Sept.9,2011 WhenIsEnoughEnough? Thetruthalwayscomesout.IwaslisteningtoVPCheneytheotherdayexplainwhytorture,asa policy,isinAmericasinterest.Hewasnotadvocatingcarteblanchetorture,justthetortureof individualswhoseinterestsareagainstours.Okay,yousay,heisallforprotectingAmerica.Now Cheneyisnotastupidman,butforasmartmanheisanawfullybadstudent(learningfromthe mistakesofothersbeforehim)and,whatisworse,heisusinghisbullypulpitinthemediatopervert reasonforthenextgeneration. InLibyatheyhaveuncovereddocuments,payments,flightdetailsofExtraordinaryRenditionvictims passedthroughKaddafissecurityservicesbytheBritishMI5andMI6aswellasbyourillustriousCIA.In caseyoudonotknowwhatRenditionis,itwasUSpolicypracticeapprovedbyCheneytotakecaptured enemiesorperceivedsourcesofinformationofourenemiesandtorturewithtorturetechniques(often untodeath)forbiddenintheUSAbutthatpaidmercenarysecretservicesofothercountrieswould happilybeemployedfor.And,hereisavitalpoint,Americanswerestillinchargeofthesetorture sessions.

Okay,theywerenotonAmericansoilorinuniformandthereforewerenotbreakingUSlaw, butAmericanmenandwomenwerepayingfor,overseeingandconductingthesebrutaltortures. AsIsaid,thetruthalwayscomesout.NATOforceshaveaskedtheLibyanfreedomforcestogivethem allthesetorturedocuments.ItisworthnotingthatseveralNATOcountriesmembershavealreadytold NATOCommandthatifthedocumentsareturnedover,theywantthempublished,notsuppressed. NATOstoppedaskingtheLibyanfreedomfighters.Meantime,thelikelyheadoftheLibyanNational TransitionCouncil(NTC),MustafaAbdelJalil,isnofriendoftheUSA.Heisonrecord,forseveralyears, ofclaimingthathesufferedRenditionwhilsthewasinUScustody,hewastorturedandgivenatruth serumunderduress(againsttheGenevaConventionwhichwesignonto,toprotectoursoldiers). JalilsmainoppositionasinterimheadofLibyaisthearmyleaderoftheNTC,Gen.KhalifaHifter,a longtimeUSresident(nearLangley,VA)andalongtimeprotgofFrankWisner,themanwhowasthe headofAIGandEnronandwhocowrotetheplanforthewaronIraq(includingprivatizationoftheoil fields).Iamnotsurewecantrusthimeither. So,weareintheprocessofforcingregimechangeinLibya.Wediditthereoncebefore.Thereused tobearulingroyalfamilytherewhowerebuddyinguptotheSovietUnionatthetime.Asamatterof internationalanddomesticlaw,wecouldnotdeposearightfulrulerofanothercountry.However,when aminorColonelapproachedtheCIAandaskedforassistanceofgettingridofKingIdrisin1969,we

covertlyhelped(muchlikeNATOisdoingnowforhumanitarianreasonsbombingtheenemy).This minorColonelwonandbecamethesupremerulerofLibyafromthatdaytothis.Yes,thatwasuswho putKaddafiinpower.LikeillegaltorturenotbeingperformedonUSsoil,wehaveneverdirectly overthrownanothercountrysregime,well,nottechnicallyoratleastnotlegally. Andhereweare,facedwiththelikelyprospectofanewleaderinLibyathatCheneystorturepolicy hasalreadyalienatedfromtheUSforever.So,Iask,istorture,evenifnotonUSsoil,conductedby Americanssuchagoodidea?Didthatintelgainedunderduresspreventtheharmtosomeonlyto ensureharmwillbedonefordecadestosomany?WilltherebeanotherLockerbiebecauseofthese quickfixsolutions?Dooursoldiersreallyhavetobeputinextraharmsway?Remembertheenemy makesnospeciousdistinctionbetweenonUSsoilanddonebytheUSsomewhereelse,withanother mercenarycountrysassistance.ArewereallythatstupidtobelievetheydonotthinkitisAmericaand thereforeAmericansthataretoblame?