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Yesterday, David Johnston reported in the New York Times that nearly 20 cases in which civilian contractors were accused of abusing detainees have been sent to the Justice Department. So far there has not been a single indictment.
In our Torture Nation this is to be expected. The record, as enumerated below, shows that the United States has become one sorry ass country under both political parties. I do not recognize this country anymore. It is not the land I was raised in. When I was a child, during World War Two, one of the major motivations for fighting the fascists was that they tortured and killed the innocents.
Now we have become them. It wounds the human heart. There are no words to adequately describe the shame I feel. A man who stole two elections to get to and maintain control of the white house is now leading this parade of ignominy and savage desecration of the most fundamental principles of morality.
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) released documents of forty-four autopsies held in Afghanistan and Iraq October 25, 2005. Twenty-one of those deaths were listed as homicides. The documents show that detainees died during and after interrogations by Navy SEALs, Military Intelligence, and Other Government Agencies.
"These documents present irrefutable evidence that U.S. operatives tortured detainees to death during interrogation," said Amrit Singh, an attorney with the ACLU. "The public has a right to know who authorized the use of torture techniques and why these deaths have been covered up."
But this is only one example of the Bush regime's authorized torture and killings.
Who knows how many cover ups of similar deaths and torture there have been by the Regime?
In February 2006, the American-based organization Human Rights First, formerly the Lawyers Committee for Human Rights, charged the U.S. government with the deaths of 100 detainees during "the global war on terror."
Indeed, the string of scandals involving the sexual and physical abuse of detainees held by American forces in Afghanistan, Iraq and Guantanamo Bay hasn't stopped. Torture and inhumane treatment are still "widespread" in U.S.-run detention centers in Afghanistan, Iraq, Cuba and elsewhere, despite Bush regime denials," Amnesty International said in May, 2006.
On May 19, 2006, The United Nations Committee On Torture called upon the United States to close all secret prisons, hold accountable senior military and civilian officials who authorized, acquiesced or consented to acts of torture committed by their subordinates, and end its practice of transferring detainees to countries with known torture records.
The committee also criticized the indefinite detention of prisoners at Guantanamo Bay and called for its closure. The committee rejected U.S. claims that the Convention against Torture did not apply to U.S. personnel acting outside of the United States or during wartime.
What was the response of the U.S. Congress? It passed The Military Commissions Act (Senate Bill 3930) and was signed by President (?) George W. Bush on October 17, 2006 In part the act enables President (?) Bush to torture alleged terrorists úsnatched arbitrarily, anywhere in the world, simply on his say-so, SO his designated minions úwill be preserved. In effect the law allows the CIA to torture captives by various methods without being charged with war crimes and felony violations of American law. It grants impunity to senior Bush regime officials against war crimes committed after 9/11. It redefines war crimes such as torture and strips litigants of the ability to cite the Geneva Conventions. Senior Bush officials cannot be prosecuted for war crimes in the United States.
A survey by the Pew Research Center in October of 2005 showed that 15 percent of Americans believe torture is "often" justified, and
31 percent believe it is "sometimes" justified. Add to that another 17 percent who said it is "rarely" justified, and you have two out of three Americans justifying torture under certain circumstances. Only 32 percent said it is "never" justified, while another 5 percent didn't know or refused to answer.
This is a response from people who mostly say that they live in a "Christian Nation." Evidently, the image of Jesus, who was tortured to death, has little impact on the "Christians." Christianity was founded by a victim of torture! It is interesting to note that secularists in the same survey were significantly more opposed to torture than "Christians."
Torture grossly violates the universal commandment given by Jesus, that we should always treat others as we would like to be treated. So whatever you wish that men would do to you, do so to them; for this is the law and the prophets. (Matthew 7:12 RSV)
"Christians" must know that the act of torture perfectly expresses the twisted spirit of Satan, and totally violates the Holy Spirit of God. The desire to inflict pain on others is the most repulsive, repugnant, Satanic desire human beings could possibly have. It is clear that in the Christian tradition, Satan, who hates all people, constantly tries to tempt humans into demeaning, degrading, and hurting each other. It doesn't matter if one thinks of satan in literal terms or as a symbol of what is truly evil. One doesn’t need to believe in either God or satan to understand the power of this ancient analysis.
Torture is indeed Satanic. The American people have made a compact with evil. Not since the days of government sanctioned slavery has the U.S. been inhabited by so many morally perverted and INDIFFERENT citizens. IT IS PERHAPS THE INDIFFERENCE WHICH MAY BE THE MOST PERVERTED ACT OF ALL. The fact that Americans tolerate crimes against humanity by their own leaders is evidence that Americans are moving, en masse, TOWARD religious hypocracy, WITHOUT shame, WITHOUT honor, and WITHOUT decency.
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