From a US State Department press release on clashes in Ethiopia following contested elections in that country.
Senior opposition leaders arrested today [Nov. 2] should be treated humanely and, if charged, assured of a just and timely trial before an impartial court of law.
These people had been in prison for less than a day and the administration was deeply concerned, but there are detainees who've been in Guantanamo Bay for years without trial or charge and the folks in Washington don't seem to be the least bit bothered.
Despite the warning to the Ethiopian government, the Bush administration argues for the right to treat its own detainees inhumanely and for the right to deny them a just and timely trial before an impartial court of law.
Just click your heels and repeat after me, "They hate us because we're free" until you delude yourself into believing it.
Generally speaking, people tend to not give hypocrites much credibility, even when what they're saying is sensible. How the Bush administration expects to douse anti-American sentiment with such a yawning chasm between its words and its practices is beyond the reach of any rational person.
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