‘The Stuff of Life’ is a campaign by Amnesty International that exposes the reality of drowning torture. President George W. Bush calls it is a ‘necessary tool’. Good people call it what it is: torture.
The short film seen above will be shown in theaters in London.
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You can also cut and paste this letter to U.S. Attorney General Michael Mukasey at AskDOJ@usdoj.gov:
Dear Attorney General,
Torture is a crime under international law. America’s refusal to apply international definitions of torture and ill-treatment, and the resort to indefinite detention without charge or trial, secret detention and denial of habeas corpus, breach its international obligations to uphold human rights.
I call on you to launch a full investigation into the CIA’s detention and interrogation program. It should examine any cases that amount to enforced disappearances and torture, whether by waterboarding or other techniques. The investigation should ensure that anyone involved in such crimes is brought to justice.
Let your name be synonymous with the restoration of dignity to the Department of Justice. Show the world America’s commitment to the Rule of Law.
Yours faithfully,
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Not so fast….we might need to water torture Rove and company in order to get information out of them since they refuse to “co-operate” with Congress.
But torture is as American as Apple Pie!
See some of the history outlined from the Filipino Insurrection at the turn of the century.
http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2008/02/25/080225fa_fact_kramer
So is fighting against it.
From the article:
Philadelphia based reformer Herbert “Welsh emerged as a single-minded campaigner for the exposure and punishment of atrocities, running an idiosyncratic investigation out of his Philadelphia offices. As one who “professes to believe in the gospel of Christ,” he declared, he felt obliged to condemn “the cruelties and barbarities which have been perpetrated under our flag in the Philippines.” Only the vigorous pursuit of justice could restore “the credit of the American nation in the eyes of the civilized world.”
Imagine Pat Robertson or James Dobson making such a statement.