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the bush administration has been consistent in its contempt for international law as such--from the american refusal to submit to the jurisidiction of the international war crimes tribunal to the flurry of legal briefs that have come out in the past couple of weeks outlining strategies for slipping under the radar screen in terms of complying with the geneva convention, to this.
the rationalizations for american use of torture are no more than that. whether this will be an element in the ouster of the mayberry machiavellians from office remains to be seen--i hope it does. but i am amazed to read posts from conservatives that would seek to justify the american use of torture in iraq---i assume that if it was your kids who were being treated in this way, you would be among the first to scream.
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a gramophone its corrugated trumpet silver handle
spinning dog. such faithfulness it hear
it make you sick.
-kamau brathwaite
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