Popcorn girl, the difference is that the UAE government determined that no torture took place and that everything is fine.
The US government tried and prosecuted the wardens at Abu Gharaib and sentenced them to jail.
There are now moves to launch legal action against high level government figures for their part in approving the use of waterboarding.
That's the difference.
And as much as I hate waterboarding, I'm pretty sure it would be preferable to driving over a man in your car, prodding his genitals with an electrical cattle prod, shooting at him with live ammunition, and the other things that occured in this event.
This event will justifiably further tarnish the reputation of yet another Arab state in the eyes of Americans and the rest of the western world, and will certainly evoke more accusations of how the leaders of Muslim countries are sick vile creatures without an ounce of moral or ethical fiber.
And as for the 'it didn't happen here and nothing you can say will change it' comments, I guess then there's no point in commenting on the Gaza threads, the Darfur threads, the Mumbai threads...
Popcorn girl, the difference is that the UAE government determined that no torture took place and that everything is fine.
The US government tried and prosecuted the wardens at Abu Gharaib and sentenced them to jail.
There are now moves to launch legal action against high level government figures for their part in approving the use of waterboarding.
That's the difference.
And as much as I hate waterboarding, I'm pretty sure it would be preferable to driving over a man in your car, prodding his genitals with an electrical cattle prod, shooting at him with live ammunition, and the other things that occured in this event.
This event will justifiably further tarnish the reputation of yet another Arab state in the eyes of Americans and the rest of the western world, and will certainly evoke more accusations of how the leaders of Muslim countries are sick vile creatures without an ounce of moral or ethical fiber.
And as for the 'it didn't happen here and nothing you can say will change it' comments, I guess then there's no point in commenting on the Gaza threads, the Darfur threads, the Mumbai threads...