Fried Rice
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Is inaccurate as it is at the level of a felony and not all inmates. Moreover, that is contingent on the state and not the country.The United States is the only country in the world that rules out ex-inmates' right to vote, which disenfranchises 5 million ex-inmates and 13 percent male black people (see Milenio, Mexico, Oct.22 2004).
There are comments like these that think that the United States is ruled by the declaration of independence than the constitution:The United States refuses to ratify the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural rights and took negative attitudeto the economic, social and cultural rights of the laborers. Poverty, hunger and homelessness have haunted the world richest country.
Then inaccurate body counts in Iraq that are actually around 15K:The Declaration of Independence said all men are created equal,so the gap between black and white people is simply an insult to the founding essence of the United States (see US News and World Report on March 29, 2004).
That's just with quick page skipping. There have been, there are, and there most likely will be human rights violations in the United States. No country is perfect. Here's the United States Report on Civil Rights whose mission is as the following:A survey on Iraqi civilian deaths, based on the natural death rate before the war, estimates that the US-led invasion might haveled to 100,000 more deaths in the country, with most victims beingwomen and children.
So yes there are problems in the US as your 11 page article elucidated, but we've got a free press that reports on it, a freedom of information act which watches the government, a free and open election that allows us to change the politicians if we feel they are corrupt and not working in our best interests.MISSION
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vauge said:I stopped reading after this:
"In 2004 the atrocity of US troops abusing Iraqi POWs exposed the dark side of human rights performance of the United States. The scandal shocked the humanity and was condemned by the international community."
What scandal? A group of soldiers took it upon themselves to humiliate some terrorists in prison. They have been or are still in process of being convicted for thier crimes. The process of them being arrested was already started before Mapes "broke the news".
The biggest crime here was exposing our dirty laundry to the world.
No, I meant that it was a non-issue as it was already being dealt with.Fried Rice said:Do you mean these things are OK so long as world knows nothing about it ? You should read more of the report so can debate more fully
vauge said:No, I meant that it was a non-issue as it was already being dealt with.
The only folks that could have even remotely took this as 'news' was the enemy or folks against the war. The enemy needed an excuse to cut off more American heads and they did. The folks against the war were looking (and still are) for more scandals or atrocities.
While is was not a "good" thing, it still is nothing compared to the atrocities that have been done against many of the soldiers in the alliance when they were/are captured.
I think Fried Rice has been watching Dan Rather.Thanks for your comments and looking at report. i think even if these few inaccuracies are corect. the body of report is correct. i dont think your press is free - it is controlled by a select few and has extreme right wing bias. It swallows lies about the war in Iraq etc - our own media is also selective but we already know that here...
Squawker said:I think Fried Rice has been watching Dan Rather.
Fried Rice said:Fried Rice wishes USA would open its eyes
I'm not sure that the abuse isn't more widespread. Not just in Iraq but Afghanistan aswell.vauge said:I stopped reading after this:
"In 2004 the atrocity of US troops abusing Iraqi POWs exposed the dark side of human rights performance of the United States. The scandal shocked the humanity and was condemned by the international community."
What scandal? A group of soldiers took it upon themselves to humiliate some terrorists in prison. They have been or are still in process of being convicted for thier crimes. The process of them being arrested was already started before Mapes "broke the news".
The biggest crime here was exposing our dirty laundry to the world.
Arch Enemy said:I will defiantly read the article in more detail instead of scanning it. I'd like to know, by your ideas, in what areas, and how should the United States open it's eyes? Government should open it's eyes or should the people?
I know alot of people expect that America should live up to it's name of being 100% "free", but if we become 100% free we are just letting Terrorists (the ones who dislike us because of religious differences) roam free.
You're defiantly correct, America has issues dealing with Human rights.. but so does every other country in the world. I feel this is because there is no good government leaders are those who seek power (which is why they took leadership to begin with) and once they seek power they want more power and if they give 100% freedom to the people they reign over, that limits their power. This Fried, you have to agree with.
myshkin said:I'm not sure that the abuse isn't more widespread. Not just in Iraq but Afghanistan aswell.
We'll see if this has legs:
http://news.independent.co.uk/world/americas/story.jsp?story=625909
I think its more than a few bad apples:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A3868-2005Mar26?language=printer
http://www.boston.com/news/world/mi...army_says_prison_deaths_are_homicides?mode=PF
http://www.boston.com/news/world/articles/2005/03/27/us_admits_wider_abuse_of_iraqis?mode=PF
http://www.kentucky.com/mld/heraldleader/news/nation/11235395.htm
http://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F2091FF83F5B0C758EDDAA0894DD404482
http://www.expressindia.com/fullstory.php?newsid=43905
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-abuse23mar23,1,4958137,print.story
http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=worldNews&storyID=8000617
http://www.boston.com/news/globe/ed...articles/2005/03/29/american_homicide?mode=PF
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/03/28/opinion/28herbert.html?hp=&pagewanted=print&position=
http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=topNews&storyID=8029639
http://www.aclu.org/SafeandFree/SafeandFree.cfm?ID=17852&c=206
most of these stories are quite current.
I think there might be something more systemic.
Arch Enemy said:Take a look at this Fried Rice.
http://www.amnesty.org.uk/news/press/15780.shtml
http://www.christusrex.org/www1/sdc/hr_facts.html#Torture
seems like China isn't much better off, Hypocrisy?
I agree that it is inevitable that in war there will be bad apples.vauge said::applaud Excellent researching. Excellent post, excellent documentation.
I would like to site a few quotes from these cited. (not same source)
''We are equally determined to get to the truth, wherever the evidence may lead us and regardless of how long it takes," said Chris Grey, a spokesman for the Army.
The committee also called for better training of British troops on the treatment of prisoners to prevent further abuses of inmates like those seen in Iraq since the conflict.
In war there has always been, and always will be bad apples.
As long as they are being dealt with, then we are moving forward.
Our constitution grant our enemies no freedoms.
Absolutely.myshkin said:I understand that our constitution does not grant any rights to non-citizens but our Constitution does allow Congress to bind the US to treaty agreements our Congress has bound us to the Geneva Convention and the UN Charter. Towards that end they are the 'law of the land'.
Arch Enemy said:Your pretty much correct there Fried;
I am just tired of people blaming America for Georgey's mistakes, alot of people hate us because of him. I personally despise him I think that he didn't know what he was getting himself into and that he is fueling the anger against America.
I wonder if you foreigners will like us better when George Bush is out of power..
ACTUALLY THE WORLD IS STILL IN SHOCK THAT YOU VOTE IN BACK TO POWER. I THINK BEFORE THAT PEOPLE HAD SOME FAITH IN USA PEOPLE...
Also fried I believe (correct me if I am wrong) that many of those people who did the abuse were reserves. Reserves are the type that join the army thinking if conflict arises they'll not have to do anything, so when it did and they were sent out they were mad (they like reaping the benefits of being in the military) so they resorted to this humiliation to take out their frustration.
IF THAT IS TRUE THAT THEY LET 'MAN OFF THE STREET' LOOK AFTER THE SO CALLED TERRORIST, THEN THEY CANNOT REALLY BE A BIG TERRORIST THREAT.
It's damned true, we have alot of racist people here in America, many of which are poorly educated in politics nor do they know anything about historical backgrounds of our relations with foreign powers. So when September 11th happened, that enraged their racist behaviors and they started taking it out on Muslims.. I think this maybe a desired "payback".
SEEMS THERE IS NO MONEY TO TRY AND EDUCATE THE POOR PEOPLE AS ALL SPENT ON MILITARY. YOUR GOVT DID GOOD JOB OF LYING TO PEOPLE THAT THIS WAS MUSLIM PROBLEM NOT SAUDI ARABIA PROBLEM
As far as Whites vs Blacks, that is totally untrue. Most of those murders are in large cities where gangs (Bloods and the Crypts) are very powerful. I know it sounds racist on my part that blacks are doing more murders than whites.. but I believe it to be the truth.. that's "how they roll". The police interfering with these gang wars just bring more Chaos to the frontier and not only are 2 people dead but 2 more cops die as well.
YOU NEED TO ASK WHY THIS IS THE CASE, NOT JUST ACCEPT THAT THIS IS HOW THINGS ARE. THIS IS REAL DENIAL OF HUMAN RIGHTS IN USA - FAILURE TO ADDRESS SUCH INEQUALITY.
Like I said before, the gap between whites and blacks is closing. NAACP WILL make it so this gap is forever closed but never forgotten.
I simply posted those two sites because I wanted to point out the hypocrisy on both sides. No one is right and America is starting to believe it isn't the freedom force it's leaders had intended to do.. heck we're built on Genocide.
LOOK AT YOUR NATIVE POPULATION. I BELIEVE THEY ARE STILL TREATED AS OUTCAST GROUP.
You bring up a really good point about USA condemning other countries before itself. What you see of America is different from what I see, before our big campaign against the Terrorists of the world began there was a big discussion between Human rights in America and fighting Terrorism abroad. America is the equivalent of a 14 year old girl, she can multi-task like no ones business.. talking on her cell phone (working with Human Rights) and doing her homework (dealing with terrorism) though she may not be doing a good job on either of the subjects, it is getting done. Something else that isn't apparent to many foreigners is the Human Rights organizations here in America.. these are always overlooked.. but in my opinion they do more for Foreign Human Rights then for American Human Rights.
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