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US has officially lost the moral high ground

44 month ago

Ethan Marcotte : US has officially lost the moral high ground - Seeing your country's name up next to the phrase "erodes human rights" isn't a good thing.

deusx : BBC NEWS | World | Americas | US 'erodes' global human rights - "A leading human rights group has criticised the US over the Abu Ghraib prison abuse scandal and the treatment of prisoners at Guantanamo Bay"

plasticbag : Human Rights Watch takes US to task for damaging the worldwide fight for human rights - "Governments facing human rights pressure from the United States now find it easy to turn the tables," said Mr Roth. "Washington can't very well uphold principles that it violates itself."

Tags : iraq politics war world america government humanrights rights rightsabuse unitedstates usa

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