I just watched the latest Frontline which was about torture by American troops (and unidentified people) in the War on Terror. When the horrors at Abu Ghraib happened I contended that it was "most disturbing thing I have ever heard in regards to my country". I still hold to that. The problem is that it seems as though it did not stop there and has not stopped even now.
Soon the Frontline folks will have the episode available online for you to view (thanks to the fine folks at iBiblio I might add). If you think you know about what the U.S. is doing try watching it. If you don't think you know, try watching it too.
Two things I have learned this evening are 1)Dick Cheney wanting to amend the "McCain Amendment" (which restates that the U.S. should not and will not use torture) so that intelligence agencies will be allowed to use torture. Read about it in this blog. 2) The firsthand accounts of torture by soldiers that Donald Rumsfeld said did not exist. These accounts include very new incidents as well as direct links to high ranking officers ordering the torture. Read these accounts at Human Rights Watch.
If you never wanted to be actively involved in politics does this change your mind?
Posted by dmason at October 18, 2005 10:24 PM