(courtesy of Melissa Purdue)
Dear Click Back America Members,
Last Wednesday, Rush Limbaugh crossed the line. The torture at the
Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq has been universally decried by both
Democrats and Republicans as inhumane, and the fall out has
dramatically increased the danger to our troops. But according to
Rush Limbaugh, what happened was no worse than what we college
students do every day.
Tell Rush Limbaugh to apologize for using students to excuse torture:
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Last week Limbaugh told his estimated 20 million listeners that the
torture was exactly like "a college fraternity prank that stacked up
naked men," and that it was "no different than what happens at the
Skull and Bones initiation" [an Ivy league secret society] "ever heard
of blowing off steam!?!?"
Limbaugh is trying to use us, students and fraternities, to
trivialize these atrocities. Campus pranks and voluntary initiation
rituals bear no resemblance to the illegal acts of sexual torture we
have seen coming out of Iraq. We will not be used as part of Rush’s
political game.
This is not a joke. As John Warner, the Republican chairman of the
Senate Armed Services Committee said, these events will seriously
hurt "the conduct of the war against terrorism, and place in jeopardy
the men and women of the armed forces wherever they are serving in
the world." Limbaugh's reckless comments, broadcast across the globe,
will only serve to make that danger worse.
Limbaugh must apologize on air for his comments. Fraternities do not
violate international law by raping and torturing political
prisoners, and what happened in Iraq was not "blowing off steam."
Limbaugh is not used to accountability. It's about time he found out
what it feels like.
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Thanks for all you do.
Ben Brandzel
Click Back America
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