Salazar blasts Bush policies
I love saying blast. Here's the skinny:
Sen. Ken Salazar said today President George W. Bush's efforts to legalize trying terror suspects before military tribunals would be a violation of the Geneva Conventions.The international law was ratified in 1949 to protect prisoners of war from abuse and torture.
"It's been the world standard for more than 50 years and for the president to undermine that standard is taking a step back," said Salazar, D-Colorado, at a Denver press conference.
Glad to see Salazar standing up for international treaties and norms. I just can't believe we have senators in this country which take a different view. Salazar is well positioned to be a national leader for decades because of his background and moderate stances on hot button issues. But some things don't fit into the left-moderate-right paradigm and one of those things should be support for the Geneva Conventions.
Take it home Ken:
"What happens when any of our soldiers become a prisoner of war?" Salazar asked. "The moral high ground is we don't accept torture.""The Geneva Conventions abhors torture and we need to send a strong warning to the administration that it needs to change course," Salazar said.
It says a lot about this president that his main issue of concern right now is how to torture people and that he errs on the side of more torture.
Landon Mascareñaz | September 16, 2006 | Comment on This Post (4 so far) |
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Ken is just the best. My personal favorite senator, if we can talk about Sen. Barack Obama (another favorite) running for president in 2008, then why not Ken?
Posted by: WyoBlueDog | Sep 16, 2006 3:45:35 PM
Yeah, he's one of my favorites too. 2008 is too soon for either of them, but I'd love to see Ken Salazar on a national ticket someday.
Posted by: OR Dem | Sep 17, 2006 10:15:49 AM
I'd like to start this nickname for him, and I encourage you all to spread it...
"The Kenator"
Posted by: WyoBlueDog | Sep 17, 2006 12:20:20 PM
One more remark on The Kenator: he might be ready in 2008 for the VP slot. He'd have been a US Senator for only 4 yrs, but being a very successful Attorney General is adequate enough in my eyes as well. I think he'd be best on an all-moderate ticket like Warner/Salazar or Vilsack/Salazar. Two fine, moderate, Hispanic, foreign policy-experienced, purple state, western Democrats in Salazar and Gov. Richardson - we should take advantage of one of them in 2008, I think.
Posted by: WyoBlueDog | Sep 17, 2006 12:25:22 PM
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(and yes, we know that sometimes they're very, very wrong. Other times, they're right on.)
