8,
September 2006 Torture
The
Bush administration has now admitted the existence of secret foreign torture
dungeons, euphemistically called black sites. This comes as a huge
embarrassment to our so called European allies who have steadfastly denied the
existence of such ‘black holes.’ It is puzzling why the Europeans would choose
to cooperate and cover-up the criminal conduct of our administration. New
guidelines on the interrogation of ‘enemy combatants,’ euphemistically referred to as an "alternative set of
procedures" for detainees forbidding
water –boarding (simulated drowning), hooding and snarling dogs implies that
these despicable practices were previously approved by this administration –
a clear violation of the Geneva Convention which strictly forbids cruel and
unusual punishment of detainees.
Our
great nation, symbolized by the Statute of Liberty, was once the most admired
democracy in the world. Sadly, we have now become the pariah of the world
despised for our support for despotic regimes such as Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Jordan
and Pakistan, and the brutal treatment of prisoners. We have clearly lost our
moral compass allowing our administration and their corporate benefactors to
subjugate smaller, weaker nations to relieve them of their precious resources
at the barrel of a gun. For shame!
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