tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5048559001654820158.post3860092894263442087..comments2023-10-21T01:41:25.251-07:00Comments on Invictus: ACLU: Obama on Torture, Secrecy -- "More of the same"Valtinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07427976389098964420noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5048559001654820158.post-2276278858280319642009-02-08T09:59:00.000-08:002009-02-08T09:59:00.000-08:00"...torture has metastasized in the establishment ..."...torture has metastasized in the establishment and is not going to be excised."<BR/><BR/>Yes, the current controversy over rendition, and the UK suppression of the torture of Binyan Mohammad demonstrate the rot has spread in dramatic fashion. I hope you do write on the AFM, as it is another example of that rot, for the AFM demonstrates that you can put the core of your torture program out on public display, and no one will notice... at least "no one" in the mainstream media, who mindlessly parrot whatever they are told.Valtinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07427976389098964420noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5048559001654820158.post-15358135572484173482009-02-05T10:53:00.000-08:002009-02-05T10:53:00.000-08:00First can I just give props on your blogging espec...First can I just give props on your blogging especially on the AFM, I want to write on it myself and your work is invaluable.<BR/><BR/>Ok, now in the UK this has been simmering for a while and I rather expected this to be the outcome (both elites are happy, <A HREF="http://tenpercent.wordpress.com/2009/02/04/abusive-relationship/" REL="nofollow">it protects them both</A>, the threat bit is theatre) except it has this new kink in that it demonstrates something about how the Obama admin are planning to handle torture/war crimes. As it has happened outside the states it might not get the attention it needs and many liberal blogs will not be rushing to connect the dots, but I think it's a very bad sign that torture has metastasized in the establishment and is not going to be excised. The thing with Nuremberg is it was a court imposed by a victorious occupying force, absent such a context institutions do not reform. In fact they become corrupted, HRW approving Rendition was a sickening display of unthinking imperial entitlement, nationalism and moral chauvinism...<BR/>[Unless they also plan to assist in the Bush cabal (& Dem conspirators, let's face it some knew and they enabled it) being kidnapped and tried in another nation. Still, even with that I don't fancy that other nation's chances against the US military in their patriotic war of rescue (as I'm sure it would be coined).]Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17111132651663342181noreply@blogger.com