adam wrote:

The US has defended its treatment of suspects detained in its "war on terror", telling a UN committee that it considers the use of torture as wrong.

the problem is that by ignoring other treaty obligations and ignoring due process to the detainees speculation has run rife fueled by the Abu Ghraib scandal. I don't want to believe such things of any American administration since they are a betrayal of American values and further they are a violation of values which many of us want to move towards as normative however standards we apply to many countries should not be taken on faith. The administration says trust us but doesn't seem to appreciate that this appeal to faith if say it came from Iran or China wouldn't wash. Iran says it only wants to enrich uranium for domestic purposes. America asserts no torture is being carried out at its facilities. America can't have everything its own way as standards should apply to all.

Not only would we not accept it from other countries, but after Abu Gharib, Bagram, Gitmo, and the disclosure about the black prisons, none of them believe us (and they shouldn't). Good post!