6.24.2005

U.N. Blasts Us on Gitmo Situation

From CNN:

Four U.N. human rights experts criticized the U.S. government Thursday for failing to answer a January 2004 request to allow them to visit the prison camp at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, citing allegations of torture against detainees.

"The lack of a definitive answer despite repeated requests suggests that the United States is not willing to cooperate with the United Nations human rights machinery on this issue," said the statement issued at a meeting of U.N. Commission on Human Rights representatives and experts.

Two U.S. government agencies appeared to point the finger at each other.

A Defense Department spokesman said the State Department would be responsible for responding to the request.

The Defense Department's spokesman also said representatives of the International Committee of the Red Cross have visited and checked on detainees at Guantanamo Bay and will continue to do so under the Geneva Conventions.

But try to name once that this administration has a) ever acknowledged their wrongdoing b)ever changed course once it was determined that what they were doing was not working well or angered the entire rest of the world c)not turned around and tried to blame those not in power - i.e., Dems - for every problem.

You can't. It hasn't happened.