Ethics

Ironic Quote of the Day

By Ed Brayton

Another Sully find:

"The United States is committed to the world-wide elimination of torture and we are leading this fight by example. I call on all governments to join with the United States and the community of law-abiding nations in prohibiting, investigating, and prosecuting all acts of torture and in undertaking to prevent other cruel and unusual punishment. I call on all nations to speak out against torture in all its forms and to make ending torture an essential part of their diplomacy," - George W. Bush, urging the investigation and prosecution of prisoner abuse and torture under his command, June 26, 2003.

Oh, but he didn't mean himself. He meant other people.

Full post as published by Dispatches from the Culture Wars on May 02, 2009 (boomark / email).