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0 pointslostlogin12y ago0 comments

They might be banned, but allegations of further incidents of torture connected with US operations in Afghanistan (among other places) are still popping up regularly. When combined with Gitmo activities like force feeding (defined as torture by some authorities) and well, Gitmo existing at all, the US is maintaing a fairly poor record when human rights are concerned. Making a law doesn't change anything if you don't change behaviour by enforcing laws. I don't know what the sharp partisan divide refers to as I'm not American, but to say things are all ok now is very clearly incorrect.

http://rt.com/news/torture-body-afghanistan-base-611/

http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2013/05/torture-afghanistan/

http://touch.latimes.com/#section/-1/article/p2p-76653747/

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anigbrowl12y ago· 1 in thread

I agree with you about the poor record, and think it's deplorable that Guantanmo remains in operation as it does. I hope when the war in Afghanistan is declared over next year that this stain on US human rights will finally be addressed.

I just wanted to address the specific allegation above, which was turning the discussion from differing opinions into total inaccuracy.

lostloginOP12y ago

And I've added to the confusion by making a new comment rather than directly replying (like I thought I was) to your above comment at top of thread. The app I use on my phone is very easy to do this with: news:yc 1.5.2. I had misconstrued your views as defending current events rather then correcting a specific comment. Thanks for the reply.

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