Wash.Times: Director of rights group defends critical study

[Robbien]

By Rowan Scarborough
THE WASHINGTON TIMES

The director of Amnesty International USA yesterday dismissed the White House's criticism of his group's latest report on purported U.S. human rights abuses, saying officials were all too willing to applaud Amnesty when its target was Saddam Hussein.

"The Bush administration has regularly relied on Amnesty International when it pleases them," William F. Schulz, who runs the organization's 167-person staff, told The Washington Times. "So if we are such a left-leaning group, why did Donald Rumsfeld rely upon our reports in the run-up to the Iraq war and why is the administration more than happy to cite Amnesty reports on countries such as Cuba, China and North Korea?"

Last week, Amnesty issued its annual report on human rights abuses. Mr. Schulz and Amnesty International's secretary general, Irene Khan, used especially tough language. Mr. Schulz labeled Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld and other top aides as "architects of torture." Mrs. Khan likened the U.S. detention center at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba -- where more than 500 Taliban and al Qaeda suspects are held -- to Soviet-style gulags where millions died under the rule of Josef Stalin.

and since this is from the MoonieTimes, the article goes on and on about how Amnesty International is connected to liberal groups with paragraphs such as

The group co-signed a letter in November 2004 that urged tough Senate questioning of Alberto R. Gonzales during his confirmation as attorney general. The 29 groups with which Amnesty International forged an alliance read like a who's who of anti-Bush groups: National Women's Law Center, People for the American Way, American Civil Liberties Union, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People and the AFL-CIO.

http://washingtontimes.com/national/20050601-121806-4247r.htm

[murielm99]

1. Attack the messenger. Typical * administration tactic.

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[TahitiNut]

2. "a who's who of anti-Bush groups"???

More accurately, that's a Who's Who of Human Rights groups ... groups whose sole purpose is to protect and defend civil liberties and human rights both in the US and worldwide. The Moonie Times is overtly admitting that Bush is an opponent of civil liberties and human rights - that to support human rights is to be "anti-Bush." In the 30's, anyone who opposed Hitler was attacked as a "Communist." So be it. The battle lines are drawn. Bush is against human rights. "If you're with him, you're against human rights."

Why the fuck aren't Americans storming the White House with torches and pitch-forks? :puke: