"Some governments choose to cooperate with the United States" in intelligence and other arenas, Rice said before she left for Europe. "That cooperation is a two-way street. We share intelligence that has helped protect European countries from attack, saving European”The United States of America has forever pointed finger at China and indeed at all of our Asian countries and ever so self-righteously accuse these most decent nations of torture when, in fact, it is the United States of America that is the most heinous of all torturers.
- This is the America that has forever hidden their heinous transgressions of human rights and every known value that underpins the norms of civilized behavior.
It is United States practice to point fingers at others so that they are seen as the good guys; that is so much BS. The fiasco that the neo-cons have created in Iraq exposed the United States for all the sins that they have created ... the United States of America is an Evil Empire; Saddam is not the bad guy compared to Bush and all those American devils that run the US administration.
I will take the quotation from Miss Rice, which says that the fight against terrorism is "a two way street”; how valid and credible is her claim?
Miss Rice claims that the United States of America observes the law in this area, but upon examination we can see that this is mere dissembling. Why is it that the United States of America carries out what the Americans call "Rendition” i.e. to contract out torture and illegal imprisonment to nations like Egypt, Israel, Afghanistan, Chechnia and other nations out of the sight of the American people and US law.
- The operation is carried out by the CIA and with the obvious co-operation of the British and the USA’s European Allies like Poland and those small European nations that need a few US$ millions for their survival. This operation is to evade US Court's oversight.
Is the United States of America and it's administration free fromn moral values or decency? NO ! The United States of America is every bit as sinful as those who perpetrated the crimes of torture.
Is there any justification for torture? Absolutely NOT!
The vile sin of torture never deliver any useful information; it merely serves to implicate the innocent and to that end what does the United States of America give a hoot?
The United States of America is no worst or better than Saddam Hussein.
Did the United States of America observe their own US laws? I say unequivocally that they do not. Consider this most basic of human right, that a man must be released within 28 days from first day of detention, unless formally charged with a crime ... none of the Guantanamo detains were ever charged ... why then are they detained for more than 28 days?
It is for this reason that the US neo-con administration undertakes Rendition ... but does that absolve the United States of America from their immoral behavior? NO, it does not.
I take issue with Miss Rice when she says that the Europeans also benefit from intelligences gathered from rendition ... that information was passed to the Europeans that saved many lives. This is BS .. if US intelligence agencies did help the Europeans, then how is it that Madrid, London ever happened ?
More seriously, on an issue of principles, Miss Rice is saying that it is all right if one is not caught committing a crime ... and that since the Europeans benefited from intelligence gathered by "rendition” it is obliged upon the Europeans not to expose the United States of America for committing these crimes since they (the EU) are also benefited from intelligence gathered by rendition.
This perspective of Miss Rice is so typically criminal in nature that she ought to be ashamed.
So typical of American double standards = if I am not caught, then it is okay, because nobody knows!
This is the American mindset that is so criminal in every way.
From Bush right down the ladder through Secretary of State ... they're all so criminal.
Yap Chongyee
yapchongyee@yahoo.com.au
Australia-based Chinese journalist Yap Chonyee studied Law at the University of Singapore from which he graduated in 1967 and went on to practice law in Kuala Lumpur, until he migrated to Australia in 1978. His articles often appear in the China View (Beijing), Sino Politics and the Sydney Morning Herald.
