Monday, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Torture Manfred Nowak told CNN's Rick Sanchez that the US has an "obligation" to investigate whether Bush administration officials ordered torture, adding that he believes that there is already enough evidence to prosecute former Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld.
"We have clear evidence," he said.
"In our report that we sent to the United Nations, we made it clear that former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld clearly authorized torture methods and he was told at that time by Alberto Mora, the legal council of the Navy, 'Mr. Secretary, what you are actual ordering here amounts to torture.'
So, there we have the clear evidence that Mr. Rumsfeld knew what he was doing but, nevertheless, he ordered torture."
The rest here: Scumball gets whats coming to him.
I found what had happened at Guantanamo a scary dark chapter in our nation's history, when and why would we pick up these practices and null/void human rights is beyond my level of comprehension. Granted, I'm capable of despicable acts. But as a country claiming to be free we can't even allow a level of decency? There have been cases documenting how xenophobic and closed bordered we've become. We've given up our personal freedoms and convinced a special doublethink that safety is giving up said liberties.
I once heard someone say "An eye for an eye, leaves us all blind." I think this holds true.
So let's raise a glass to Rumsfeld and say "Thanks, Douche!"
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