Message #6120

[donni]

12/13/12 Bringing War Criminals To Justice, by Andrew Sullivan, The Daily Beast. "Earlier today the European Court of Human Rights ruled unanimously in favor of Khaled el-Masri, a German man abducted in Macededonia and tortured by the CIA. ... But the major point here is that the European Court of Human Rights - representing countless key allies - has named the US as a country that has practiced torture, in violation of its Treaty obligations, and international and domestic law. War crimes were permitted and committed and a country that allows war crimes to go unpunished has essentially abandoned the rule of law. When will Obama reinstate that rule of law? He has constantly said he wants to look forward, not back. But the US and the West cannot move forward until we have looked back, and repaired the breach in civilization and law that president George W. Bush created. "
http://andrewsullivan.thedailybeast.com/2012/12/ruling-against-torture-still-writing.html