What kind of people have we become?
by Rev. Dr. George Hunsinger and other clergy
AntiWar.Com
01/06/05
Alberto Gonzales was at the heart of deliberations in high places about skirting the Geneva Conventions and international law. The question was not how to prevent abuse, but how far interrogations could go in getting away with it. It was but a short step from there to Abu Ghraib. What kind of message does it send to the world if a lawyer soft on torture is rewarded with the post of attorney general? How does that make America more secure? What does it say about our nation's commitment to human decency and human rights?
Above all, as religious leaders and people of conscience, we must ask: What kind of people have we become?
http://www.antiwar.com/orig/hunsinger.php?articleid=4263
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
AntiWar.Com
01/06/05
Alberto Gonzales was at the heart of deliberations in high places about skirting the Geneva Conventions and international law. The question was not how to prevent abuse, but how far interrogations could go in getting away with it. It was but a short step from there to Abu Ghraib. What kind of message does it send to the world if a lawyer soft on torture is rewarded with the post of attorney general? How does that make America more secure? What does it say about our nation's commitment to human decency and human rights?
Above all, as religious leaders and people of conscience, we must ask: What kind of people have we become?
http://www.antiwar.com/orig/hunsinger.php?articleid=4263
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
Starmail - 6. Jan, 15:35
