Wednesday, June 09, 2010

USA War Crimes

USA morality is becoming an oxymoron. This will take generations to heal.

Human Experimentation at the Heart of Bush Administration's Torture Program
by: Jason Leopold
High-value detainees captured during the Bush administration's "war on terror," who were subjected to brutal torture techniques, were used as "guinea pigs" to gauge the effectiveness of various torture techniques, a practice that has raised troubling comparisons to Nazi-era human experimentation ...

"Such acts may be seen as the conduct of research and experimentation by health professionals on prisoners, which could violate accepted standards of medical ethics, as well as domestic and international law. These practices could, in some cases, constitute war crimes and crimes against humanity." ...



Meanwhile, General Patraeus says torture is unnecessary and hurts America.

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