Monday, June 05, 2006
Forgetting the Little Things
WASHINGTON — The Pentagon has decided to omit from new detainee policies a key tenet of the Geneva Convention that explicitly bans "humiliating and degrading treatment," according to knowledgeable military officials, a step that would mark a further, potentially permanent, shift away from strict adherence to international human rights standards.
They really don't care. They honestly don't care at all. We get talk about how the army is investigating Haditha, and how Abu Ghraib was the work of "a few bad apples"... and here the Pentagon is, trying to sweep the real cause of all its problems under the rug.
What happened to justice?
They really don't care. They honestly don't care at all. We get talk about how the army is investigating Haditha, and how Abu Ghraib was the work of "a few bad apples"... and here the Pentagon is, trying to sweep the real cause of all its problems under the rug.
What happened to justice?
