If the President of the United States stood at a podium and said the following, hopefully we’d tell him to go to Hell: We must summon all of our might and moral suasion to meet the challenges of a new age.* That’s why I have decided it is in our vital national interest to send [...]
Posts Tagged ‘torture’
State Department Describes a Predator Government in Afghanistan
Posted: March 14, 2010 in UncategorizedTags: 2009 Human Rights Report: Afghanistan, Afghanistan, Government of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, human rights, Karzai, Nobel Peace Prize, President Obama, Rethink Afghanistan, State Department, torture, U.S. Department of State, West Point, zina
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Glenn Greenwald wrote an excellent piece dissecting the asinine assertions by talking heads and politicians that “no one wants an investigation” into the systematic torture regime implemented during the Bush years. His final paragraph raises the most important frame-busting point: As usual, what must never be mentioned are the torture victims themselves, including the 100 [...]
With apologies to CNN, I’m reposting this entire article: Churchgoers more likely to back torture, survey finds Posted: 01:55 PM ET WASHINGTON (CNN) — The more often Americans go to church, the more likely they are to support the torture of suspected terrorists, according to a new analysis. More than half of people who attend services [...]
Obama: Can’t Spare Change for Torture Victims
Posted: February 11, 2009 in UncategorizedTags: activism, Boeing, CIA, extraordinary rendition, Greenwald, Jesus, nonviolence, Obama, peace and justice, torture
Obama’s Justice Department just reaffirmed one of the most egregious, unconstitutional and criminal practices of previous administrations: using an expansive version of the state secrets privilege to block suits brought against a Boeing subsidiary for helping the CIA kidnap and outsource torture of people not yet convicted of a crime (and no, I’m not making [...]
First Things First: End the Torture of Those in U.S. Custody
Posted: December 16, 2008 in UncategorizedTags: Jesus, nonviolence, Obama, torture
As we prepare to celebrate the birth of the nonviolent Savior who was tortured to death by the superpower of his day, let’s remember in our prayers both those who suffer torture and those that inflict it. This should be one of the first things President-elect Obama addresses when he takes office. Keep Dick Cheney [...]
How would Jesus treat a 15-year-old accused of throwing a grenade at him?
Posted: July 27, 2008 in UncategorizedTags: Guantanamo, torture
Burying his face in his hands, a 16-year-old captured in Afghanistan sobs and calls out “Oh Mommy!” in a hidden-camera video released Tuesday that provides the first look at interrogations inside the U.S. military prison in Guantanamo Bay. Lawyers for Toronto-born Omar Khadr released the tapes in hopes of generating sympathy for the young prisoner [...]
