The United Nations said in 11 pages of "booyah!" released today that the United States shouldn't so much torture world citizens.
Something about human rights or whatever. They urge us to close everyone's favorite little torture school--Guantanamo.
It's odd how much people react to stories like "UN says this to these guys" and "UN says that to the bad people," but there's not much to be said about America.
Quotes and polls below the fold.
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The MSNBC Article I accidentally read before it was deemed too unpatriotic to print has this to say:
Panel urges U.S. to 'eradicate' torture, stop using secret detention facilities
GENEVA - The United States should close its prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and avoid using secret detention facilities in its war on terror, a U.N. panel report released Friday said.
In an 11-page report on its review of U.S. adherence to the Treaty Against Torture, the committee said detainees should not be returned to any state where they could face a "real risk" of being tortured.
"The state party should cease to detain any person at Guantanamo Bay and close the detention facility," said the U.N. Committee Against Torture, a panel of 10 independent experts on adherence to the U.N. Convention Against Torture.
What a pack of liars. I wish these UN types weren't so corrupt and Anti-American, or else we could trust them when they say Iraq has no nukes, or whatever it is they're talking about at the time.
Luckily, however, we don't, and I'm glad, too, because otherwise Iraq wouldn't be such a happy place right now.
Think about this quote:
The report also said the United States must "eradicate" all forms of torture committed by its personnel in Afghanistan and Iraq and investigate allegations thoroughly, prosecuting any staff found guilty.
"The state party should take immediate measures to eradicate all forms of torture and ill-treatment of detainees by its military or civilian personnel, in any territory under its jurisdiction," said the report, which was presenting its conclusions from a hearing earlier this month into U.S. conduct.
The United States made in its first appearance before the U.N. Committee Against Torture in six years earlier this month, addressing issues ranging from Washington's interpretation of the ban on torture to its interrogation methods in prisons such as Abu Ghraib, Iraq, and Guantanamo.
And now take this poll: