Comments on: Miliband Shows Leadership, Reveals Nothing About Torture To Parliamentary Committee

By: Inquiry to be held into security service torture claims « Harpymarx

Inquiry to be held into security service torture claims « Harpymarx — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 15:08:47 +0000

[...] Wonder if ex-foreign secretary and Labour leader candidate will be called to give evidence? Defending the indefensible…no doubt… [...]

By: Andy Worthington

Andy Worthington — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 13:21:25 +0000

Hi Charlie,
Thanks for the heartfelt comments.

I too hope for demonstrable change, and am disappointed. I think some progress has been made, but also believe that the problem with politicians following on from those inclined towards tyranny is that it brings out the worst in them too, and the right thing to do — and we know what all the correct actions are — somehow becomes that little bit harder to actually achieve.

What we need is for the rhetoric in the Presidential orders issued on Day 2 to translate, without any wavering, into fixed and irreversible policy.

But also, of course, it’s really not acceptable for war crimes to be OK just because those who approved them happened to be in the White House …

By: Charlie Lammers

Charlie Lammers — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 20:56:54 +0000

It seems that we have come such a long way from the days of World War II when….according to all accounts I ever read about ….prisoners of the U.S. were treated humanely. While there are many reasons why history is likely to depict George W. Bush as the worst president in American history nothing has done more to tarnish the image of the United States in the world community than President Bush’s approval of torture. This madness must be brought to an end! I was hoping that more progress would be made by this time with President Obama in office, but maybe it was naive of me to even hope for that.