How to deal with Enemies

of the State

“[Your God] is a demon-possessed pedophile.”

What do all of these have in common?

“[Their God] is not the same God. He’s not the son of God of the Christian . . . Faith. It’s a different God, and I believe it is a very evil and wicked

religion.”

“We should invade . . ., kill their leaders and convert them to Christianity. . . [There] should be a mass deportation of them.”

“They want to coexist until they can control, dominate, and then, if

need be, destroy.”

What do all of these have in common?

“[Your God] is a demon-possessed pedophile.”What’s going on here?

Reverend Jerry Vines, First Baptist Church of Jacksonville, FL

“[Their God] is not the same God. He’s not the son of God of the Christian . . . Faith. It’s a different God, and I believe it is a very evil and wicked religion.”

What’s going on here?

Reverend Franklin Graham, son of famous TV evangelist Billy Graham

“We should invade . . ., kill their leaders and convert them to Christianity. . . [There] should be a mass deportation of them.”

What’s going on here?

Ann Coulter, best-selling author and political TV personality

What’s going on here?

Reverend Pat Robertson, TV Evangelist and host of 700 Club

“They want to coexist until they can control, dominate, and then, if need be, destroy.”

And what about these?

“In this procedure, the individual is bound securely to an inclined bench, which is approximately four feet by seven feet. The individual’s feet are generally elevated. A cloth is placed over the forehead and eyes. Water is then applied to the cloth in a controlled manner. As this is done, the cloth is lowered until it covers both the nose and mouth. Once the cloth is saturated and completely covers the mouth and nose, air flow is slightly restricted for 20 to 40 seconds due to the presence of the cloth. This causes an increase in carbon dioxide level in the individual’s blood. This increase in the carbon dioxide level stimulates increased effort to breathe. This effort plus the cloth produces the perception of ‘suffocation and incipient panic,’ i.e., the perception of drowning.” -John Yoo, Chief Counsel to President G.W. Bush

Is this a legitimate way to gather information?

How about this?

'Do you pray to Allah?' one asked. I said yes. They said, '[Expletive] you. And [expletive] him.' One of them said, 'You are not getting out of here health[y], you are getting out of here handicapped. . . "They ordered me to thank Jesus that I'm alive." [...] "I said to him, 'I believe in Allah.' So he said, 'But I believe in torture and I will torture you.'

-Ameen Saeed Al-Sheik, detainee No. 151362 at Abu Ghraib prison, describing his treatment by American soldiers

Abu Ghraib Prison, Iraq

Guantanamo Bay Detention

Camp, Cuba

The Question of Torture

Abu Ghraib and Guantanamo Bay

*Go to Blackboard and begin working on the “Question of

Torture” webquest.