Bush astounds activists, supports human rights (McClatchy)

[kpete]

Bush astounds activists, supports human rights
By William Douglas | McClatchy Newspapers
Posted on Tuesday, September 25, 2007
Henny Ray Abrams / AP

President Bush addresses the U.N. General Assembly. | View larger image
UNITED NATIONS — President Bush implored the United Nations on Tuesday to recommit itself to restoring human decency by liberating oppressed people and ending famine and disease.

Speaking before the United Nations General Assembly, the president called for renewed efforts to enforce the U.N.'s Universal Declaration of Human Rights, a striking point of emphasis for a leader who's widely accused of violating human rights in waging war against terrorism.

Bush didn't mention the U.S. prisons in Afghanistan or at Abu Ghraib and Guantanamo Bay, the U.S. practice of holding detainees for years without legal charges or access to lawyers, or the CIA's "rendition" kidnappings of suspects abroad, all issues of concern to human rights activists around the world.

"At first read, it's little more than an exercise in hypocrisy. His words about human rights ring hollow because his credibility is nonexistent," said Curt Goering, the deputy executive director of Amnesty International USA. "The gap between the rhetoric and the actual record is stunning. I can't help but believe many people in the audience were thinking, 'What was this man thinking?' "

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[Mike Nelson]

1. Why doesn't the U.N. do something about Bush?

Aren't there any U.N. members who see his illegal war as a violation of human rights?

[BRLIB]

2. It's all BS and window dressing, he rails against Burma....

Any poll on if America is really so upset about Burma like he claims?
MSM (Motherfuckin Suckass bushMotherfuckers) never covers that.
They have their tongues up his ass dissing Iran...24/7.
Why don't US give them democracy in Burma, if Bushler really means it? US has plenty of gun barrels. It worked so well in Iraq.

(I just invented a three word word!)

[5X]

3. Ha! and I'm watching law and order about split personalities and

some whack job killer. Fitting.