I sure have missed posting this...I hope he is enjoying his well-deserved retirement.
Posted on 10/26/2007 10:03:13 AM PDT by sazerac
PARIS (Reuters) - Human rights groups have filed a lawsuit in France alleging that former U.S. defense secretary Donald Rumsfeld allowed torture at U.S.-run detention centers in Iraq and Guantanamo Bay in Cuba.
The plaintiffs, which include the French-based International Federation of Human Rights Leagues (FIDH) and the U.S. Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR), say Rumsfeld authorized interrogation techniques that led to rights abuses.
The United States says it does not torture, though it has authorized several methods widely condemned by rights groups such as exposure to extreme temperatures and 'waterboarding', or simulated drowning.
"We will only stop once the American authorities involved in the torture program are brought to justice," CCR chief Michael Ratner said in a statement posted on the FIDH Web site.
(Excerpt) Read more at abcnews.go.com ...
And under what jurisdiction is this non-case being brought, may I ask...?
That's just too funny....hahahahahaha!
Cool - so when is this court suing al Quada? They torture people too...
When are they planning on bringing up charges of torture against Iraqi insurgents and Al Qaida?
Well those Blackwater guys “deserved” to be killed, set on fire, and hung from bridges. < /sarcasm >
Well saddle up that possee and come and get him you dumbasses.
You will be fed your dinner made with butter SUBSTITUTE and lesser quality wine.
French torture case?
Did Rummy make them bathe?
Great minds.....
If these nations are truly opposed to war and they believe that sanctions work as a means of controlling policy while permitting the same leadership to remain in power, when will these nations begin imposing sanctions on the United States?
Why seek regime change? Why seek prosecution for crimes?
Or is this an admission that the US does NOT equal the horrors of Nazi Germany despite was Ted Kennedy, Hunter S. Thompson, et al have said.
“that French courts have universal jurisdiction — allowing them to try foreigners in cases that occurred abroad — under the 1984 Convention Against Torture.”
Oh YEAH!! In the 2007 Convention against stupid Frenchmen it states that I have jurisdiction over all of France. Get outta my castle you wogs!!!
Somewhere Rummy is laughing his ass off.
Just like I am after reading this.
While they’re at it could they look into torture in all the other cuban jails?
I don’t think Rummy is laughing his ass off. I don’t think George Bush is laughing his ass off. I am not laughing my ass off because in the long run we cannot conduct the foreign policy business of the United States if all our leaders are subject to arrest and subjected to a political show trial should they venture into the jurisdiction of France. Surely Rummy has the right after performing his duties for his country to visit Western Europe.
We cannot conduct the foreign policy of America if our leaders are subject to this kind of intimidation any more than we can conduct government in America if our leaders are liable to assassination.
I suggest a full-court diplomatic press to commit virtually all civilized nations to treaties which would prohibit these kinds of quasi legal actions except for the leaders of countries actually defeated and brought to trial after real wars.
To the French, withholding M&M’s is “torture”.
‘We cannot conduct the foreign policy of America if our leaders are subject to this kind of intimidation ‘
I seriously doubt the former Sec Def feels the least bit ‘intimidated’ by this frivilous lawsuit filed in a country known for surrendering, kow towing to Islamic Radicals, and the four day work week.
Hence my suggestion he’s laughing about this.
I sure have missed posting this...I hope he is enjoying his well-deserved retirement.
Torture...now that’s a bit far-reaching. A better case would have been incompetence and mismanagement over Iraqi strategy!
I guess the Frenchies are upset we ended the murderous regime of their buddy and big trade partner, Saddam Hussein.
Its not about Rummy.
Have you applied for a position with the State Dept? Please do.
Of course it isn’t, but by naming him the plantiffs know the American MSM will report it.
You beat me to it - yes, notice the silence about REAL inhumane treatment.
It’s because these leftist groups are just a bunch of cowards. They know there will be no retribution for Americans, but there would be if they spoke ill of the jihadis.
Of course, there is the “regurgitating the apple” factor.
This is the work of the leftist morons in concert with the islamo fascist to bash America. These fingernail biting lowlifes know well, that they can’t touch Rumsfeld. I wonder if Soros promised them some good chunk of money for this circus.
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