It should never be forgotten that President George W. Bush thumbed his nose at the Geneva Conventions and the Convention Against Torture and Inhuman Treatment by instituting a torture regimen for accused "enemy combatants." This turned the Republican Party into what it remains today - the only political party in the entire Western world that's a proponent of torture, something which has never been apologized for nor disavowed, nor even acknowledged. Since the Obama Administration swallowed whole the "Oh, please. We're moving on" Republican line when some Rs were asked to face the Bush apparent war crimes, we have in Donald Trump another pro-torture president. Why not? When the Bush torture criminals, from top on down, were never held accountable, the loud and clear message was sent and received - a president can order torture and there will be no consequence to be paid for it.