Delicious irony

(I know this ws reported a few days ago, but I am still playing catch up froma harsh week at work with no internet access to speak of.)

Remember the "torture memo" we've heard so much about, especially the part that states soldiers can use "following orders" as a defense against torture? Well, here it comes, maybe even back to bite Bush himself.

Defense lawyers said they will prove that members of 372nd Military Police Company, a reserve unit from Cresaptown, Md., were following orders to break detainees down for interrogation amid an atmosphere created by public statements by Bush and rulings by top military officials.

Pohl ruled the lawyers could question Gen. John Abizaid, head of the U.S. Central Command; Lt. Gen. Ricardo Sanchez, commander of the forces in Iraq; and other top commanders in Iraq.

The judge denied defense attorneys' requests to question Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld but said he would reconsider the decision if attorneys can show it is relevant to their case.

Defense attorney Paul Bergrin, representing Staff Sgt. Javal Davis, told reporters that he hoped to eventually question Bush. He told Pohl in court, "One of the last words my client heard before being deployed was the president of the United States saying that this is a war on terrorism and the Geneva Conventions do not apply."

I would love to see the President duck and dodge that question under oath.