Your government is openly torturing people, and justifying it.
While a handful of soldiers have been punished for torturing Iraqis,
higher ranking military officers and Bush administration officials have
been left of the hook despite the fact that they ordered the torture.
While certainly those who carry out orders to torture deserve to be
punished (and very few have in fact been charged, and ususally only
receive a slap on the wrist), the fact is torture has been made a part
of government policy in the “war on terrorism”, and has been
orchestrated at the top levels of government. John Yoo and Alberto
Gonzales wrote legal memos justifying it. Donald Rumsfeld ordered it,
dispatching hand-picked generals to Guantanamo Bay and Iraq to make
sure it got done. And Bush, in a signing statement to the anti-torture
law last December, gave himself the right to order torture when he
wants. This regime has committed crimes against humanity, and must be
driven out!
For a fuller picture of how torture was ordered by high-level officials, listen to testimony from retired Brig. General Janis Karpinski (who used to be in charge of Abu Ghraib) to the Bush Crimes Commission.
(Source: “Iraq Abuse Trial Is Again Limited To Lower Ranks”, NY Times, 3/23/05)