Monday, April 25, 2005
Torturetastic!
Well, isn't that special. The US government managed to get the UN's human right investigator in Afghanistan fired after he filed a report criticizing the US military's top officials for the treatment of suspected terrorists. Oh, but that's not the best part. Here's how they did it:
The UN eliminated Mr Bassiouni's job last week after Washington had pressed for his mandate to be changed so that it would no longer cover the US military.
So, it's not as if the military didn't like the way the UN official was looking at them, and decided to risk getting someone who'd look the other way. No, they got him fired by making themselves immune from international criticism on the matter.
What the fuck happened to America?
The UN eliminated Mr Bassiouni's job last week after Washington had pressed for his mandate to be changed so that it would no longer cover the US military.
So, it's not as if the military didn't like the way the UN official was looking at them, and decided to risk getting someone who'd look the other way. No, they got him fired by making themselves immune from international criticism on the matter.
What the fuck happened to America?
