Obama bans war criminals, except our own
For those growing number of Americans who are concerned with what has been and still is done in our names, it's important to know exactly the warning in this regard in the U.N. Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment that was signed by President Ronald Reagan in 1988 and ratified by our government in 1994:"No exceptional circumstances whatsoever, whether a state of war or a threat or war, internal political instability or any other public emergency, may be invoked as a justification of torture.
"An order from a superior officer or a public authority may not be invoked as a justification of torture."
I am quoting from Nat Hentoff, from a piece whose title I borrowed that appeared Friday at Reader Supported News.
There are many reasons some of us who supported Obama for President are now disappointed and even angry.