George Bush has little to show for his war on terror
Maher Arar, Special to The Windsor Star
Published: Friday, January 30, 2009
... In a 2003 speech, George W. Bush criticized Syria for leaving its people with "a legacy of torture, oppression, misery, and ruin." But we know now this was mainly for show and for public misdirection: the record clearly establishes that his administration co-operated closely with Syria and other countries where hundreds of "terror" suspects were rendered and tortured for the purpose of extracting information. That was certainly my own experience.
In fact, it is now established that his administration inflicted torture directly on detainees both at the Bagram military base in Afghanistan, at the Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq, and at the infamous camp of Guantanamo Bay, places that have become a disgrace, not only to the U.S., but to the entire western world.
Guantanamo Bay still holds two Muslim former child soldiers, one of whom is Omar Khadr, the Canadian citizen whose story has made headlines for several years ...
It is my hope, and the world's hope as well, that President Obama will avoid the mistakes of his predecessor, and forge policies of hope and honesty to replace those of hate and despair, realizing that any "war on terror" must be fought under the banner of law, moral principles, and ethics, not under that of torture, illegitimate secrecy, misinformation and lawlessness.
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