Posted on 05/15/2009 12:05:57 PM PDT by lilylangtree
(Washington) - In response to President Barack Obama restarting the military commissions at the U.S.-controlled detention facility in Guantanamo Bay, Amnesty International's executive director Larry Cox issued the following statement:
"President Obama is reinstating the same deeply-flawed military commissions that in June 2008 he called an 'enormous failure.' In one swift move, Obama both backtracks on a major campaign promise to change the way the United States fights terrorism and undermines the nation's core respect for the rule of law by sacrificing due process for political expediency.
“Whatever revisions the Obama administration has made to the commissions do not change the fact that the commissions do not provide an adequate standard of justice for the detainees nor the victims of terrorism--they merely mock the U.S. Constitution, international laws and undermine fundamental human rights standards.
http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGUSA20090515003&lang=e
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Screw Amnesty International!
Those loons would let the world crush America, in a heart beat, to protect their squishy feelings from being offended at any harsh interrogation techniques.
That’s perfect!
Well, what do you know? The over-groomed sissy isn’t so
cool when he’s in a ‘meeting’ with the Joint Chiefs. Well done, gentlemen. Well done.
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