Posted on 10/21/2012 8:45:19 AM PDT by Silentgypsy
The United Nations Special Rapporteur on Counter-Terrorism and Human Rights has warned Americans not to elect Republican Mitt Romney in next months presidential election, saying that doing so would be a democratic mandate for torture.
The UNs Ben Emmerson was referring to Romneys refusal to rule out the use of waterboarding in interrogating terror detainees, a practice that President Barack Obama has ended.
Colin Perkel of The Canadian Press reported Emmersons remarks from a symposium in Toronto on the impact of 9/11 on human rights:
"The re-introduction of torture under a Romney administration would significantly increase the threat levels to (Americans) at home and abroad," Emmerson said.
"Such a policy, if adopted, would expose the American people to risks the Obama administration is not currently exposing them to."
U.S. intelligence services were able to pinpoint Osama bin Ladens location and carry out the successful mission to kill him in May 2011 based on information yielded during waterboarding of 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, and information from Al Qaeda operative Hassan Ghul, who was captured in Iraq in 2004.
Obama opposed both waterboarding and the Iraq War, without which bin Laden would not have been found.
Emmerson warned that Romney could reinstate waterboarding if he took office. He also criticized the Obama administrations drone program--an initiative begun by the Bush administration but accelerated by President Obama, partly because of his reluctance to capture, detain or interrogate terror suspects.
In a second term, Obama may renew efforts to close the Guantanámo Bay prison, despite widespread public opposition.
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America warns UN: None of you f***ers are bullet proof.
UN...shut the h3ll up.
“The UNs Ben Emmerson”
F yourself all the way to hell, Ben.
This is like David Brooks advising Romney to steer clear of The Benghazi Debacle!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Now that we’re presenting a more united front, my next and overriding concerns are electoral fraud and voter intimidation at the polls a la Paris Lewis.
Perhaps we can plan such a movement after the election.
"Such a policy, if adopted, would expose the American people to risks the Obama administration is not currently exposing them to."
Reads like a terroristic threat to me. Emmerson needs to be on the Predator II al dead ender targeting list.
Good point.
al Qaeda...&%$%##ing ipad spell check nazi...
Seriously: how do we evict the U.N. from the U.S.A.?
Oh such FUUN !
Where foreign policy is concerned,I can’t think of a bigger endorsement of Romney than this.
That is a query for the great minds of FR.
I wasn't thinking of eviction or any intervention using force. Maybe it's too much to hope they'd get irritated or insulted and leave in a huff after the election.... My reaction to reading the article on Breitbart was uncontrollable giggling. Considering the comedic aspects of their pronouncements is a good start.
I hope that we can get a President and a Congress that will get us out of the U.N. and stop providing tax payer dollars to those Parasites.
ATTN DEBATE PREP: This gives entree and is also a hint that this question will be asked at the debate tomorrow night. Be well prepared to answer the waterboarding question which might begin something like: “Recently the United Nations.....”
ATTN DEBATE PREP: This gives entree and is also a hint that this question will be asked at the debate tomorrow night. Be well prepared to answer the waterboarding question which might begin something like: “Recently the United Nations.....”
Concur.
Romney is accused of being callous, a torturer, near the eve of his own possible election.
Right. The predictable pattern is, well, predictable.
Meanwhile, in Egypt, we have Morsi praying along with
Obama wants to continue funding those guys? The Muslim Brotherhood are his friends? Hillary loves Huma?
The gig is up. The generations of "State bribes for peace" appears to be coming to an end, to a result opposite of initial intent. Thanks but no thanks, barry.
Someone needs warn the Muslims, that including this in their prayer also;
runs high risk of tempting the Lord. That is more dangerous than most anything a man can do.
Good point.
And thank you for bringing that up.
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