This week’s current event is from an article on Google called “GOP backs CIA in dispute with Pelosi.” It is talking about the dispute between Nancy Pelosi, House Speaker of California, and Congressional Republicans. During the Bush administration, detainees were waterboarded, which is a form of torture where the victim is tied down with a towel on their face and the torturer pours water on their face in order to simulate drowning. Nancy Pelosi accused the CIA of misleader her and other lawmakers about the use of waterboarding. Apparently the Democrats were told that waterboarding wasn’t being used and they found out later on. She says that this just deepened the fault lines between the two political parties. Senator Kit Bond of Missouri says that it is a tragedy that we are seeing this massive attack on our intelligence community which has kept us safe. NBC’s Today’s show was where he questioned why Pelosi was calling the agency a bunch of liars. Bond said that it was clear that Pelosi was informed of the interrogation method although he wasn’t with her during the briefing.
In my opinion, I think that we need to forget and move on from the mistakes that Bush has made. President Obama has already put an end to American torture of these detainees and we need to move forward. Rather than focusing on this, we need to be focusing on other issues such as social security and the economy. I just think that looking back at the past just to criticize Republicans and the Bush administration is a waste of time because it won’t change anything or benefit us. Overall, I think this whole issue is kind of moronic.
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