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Christian Zionists believe that in order to fulfill Biblical prophecy, Israel must conquer most of the Middle East. They are a growing force in American politics with ties to many powerful pro-Israel groups in Washington. Once considered a marginal doctrine among evangelicals, the dispensationalist theology of Christian Zionism includes a belief in the rapture, when the faithful are to be lifted up to Heaven while the rest of humanity—including most of the Jews—will perish.
The documentary, Torturing Democracy, a collaboration between the National Security Archive and Washington Media Associates, can be viewed in its entirety online.
The website features many quotes including this one by Andrew Sullivan:
Please watch ‘Torturing Democracy.’ It isn’t easy to watch; but what so many innocent (and guilty) individuals were subjected to in your name was unimaginably harder. As readers know, I’ve been fixated on this since Abu Ghraib. But that documentary made me ill by forcing me again to absorb the enormity of what Bush and Cheney have done – and the urgent, urgent task of repairing the damage. If America is to recover, those responsible must be put on trial. Including the president.
Bush and Cheney didn’t usher in an era of U.S. sponsored torture; they attempted to bring it out of the closet. How are pundits able to claim the U.S. has an innocence to recover or represents it now without losing all credibility?