Torture And The Bush Administration

One of the most egregious acts of the Bush Administration is the disregard of the Geneva Conventions. The one value, in war, that we held onto, as a civilized country, was the ethical treatment of our prisoners. Why the American public, and Christians in particular, tolerate this policy is one of the most bewildering aspects of the entire Iraq fiasco. Our only explanation is the ever-increasing exposure and acceptance of violence by America’s youth! When the history of this Administration is written, the use of torture on our prisoners, may well be the most damning evidence of its moral degradation!

Jesus Endorses Torture

In an amazing turnaround, returning after 2006 years, Jesus has reversed his doctrine on human rights. In a statement released by the White House office of Karl Rove, Jesus is quoted as saying, “It is now permissible to administer drugs or induce severe mental stress, just as long as it falls just short of producing irreversible damage; or pain a little milder than that of organ failure, impairment of bodily function, or even death." Jesus’s statement, which specifically endorses the Bush Administration’s policy on torture, is felt by many within the Beltway to be a significant development in shoring up faltering Christian support for the Bush Policy on torturing human beings. Jesus, a victim of torture, was also quoted as saying, “that had this type of policy been around in my day, I would not have died so prematurely and probably been able to preach for another fifty years.” He was also quoted as saying, “that any torture, to a possible terrorist, outside of US territory, under the direction of paid mercenaries and contract security companies, was not in violation of the Geneva Conventions, as I understood them.” In the interest of National Security, Rove’s office, announced that Jesus would not be making any public appearances on this return visit!