‘The America We Believe In Does Not Torture People’
Oct 27th, 2006 at 10:27 am by Susie
Amnesty International, with a statement that would have been unthinkable only a few short years ago:
WASHINGTON, Oct. 26 /U.S. Newswire/ — Larry Cox, Amnesty International USA’s Executive Director, issued the following statement in response to Vice President Cheney’s comments on water-boarding:
“What’s really a no-brainer is that no U.S. official, much less a Vice President, should champion torture. Vice President Cheney’s advocacy of water-boarding sets a new human rights low at a time when human rights is already scraping the bottom of the Bush administration barrel.
The U.S. Department of Defense specifically prohibited water- boarding in its newly issued Army Field Manual. U.S. Senators have stated clearly that water-boarding is unacceptable.
This administration aims at a radical break with our country’s proud human rights tradition. The America we believe in does not torture people.”
It is getting to be a sad thing, being an American. I have no answer for my friends anymore. I just lower and then shake my head sadly.
I’m not sure that waterboarding really works.
I wonder if the Veep would volunteer to undergo
a demonstration of its efficacy.