Bolton attacks UN for Criticizing US Torture Policies

UN Ambassador John Bolton attacked the UN high commissioner for human rights for having the temerity to criticize US torture policies.

John R. Bolton, the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, criticized Arbour, calling it "inappropriate" for her to choose a Human Rights Day celebration to criticize the United States instead of such rights abusers as Burma, Cuba and Zimbabwe. He also warned that it would undercut his efforts to negotiate formation of a new human rights council that would exclude countries with bad rights records.

"Today is Human Rights Day. It would be appropriate, I think, for the U.N.'s high commissioner for human rights to talk about the serious human rights problems that exist in the world today," Bolton told reporters. "It is disappointing that she has chosen to talk about press commentary about alleged American conduct. I think the secretary of state has fully and completely addressed the substance of the allegations, so I won't go back into that again other than to reaffirm that the United States does not engage in torture."

He added: "I think it is inappropriate and illegitimate for an international civil servant to second-guess the conduct that we're engaged in in the war on terror, with nothing more as evidence than what she reads in the newspapers."
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we're big and bad and a bully, so don't touch us.

stop thinking for yourselves! It's inconveneient! If we say we don't Torture that should be enough. What do some reporters know!

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for everything that's truly f*cked up about the Republican party.

The hypocrisy of these assholes is amazing.

They were supposed to keep a tight rein on that hatemonger.

He added: "I think it is inappropriate and illegitimate for an international civil servant to second-guess the conduct that we're engaged in in the war on terror, with nothing more as evidence than what she reads in the newspapers."


In order for something to be illegitimate, it must be illegal. Which law makes it illegal for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights to speak out about proved human rights abuses?

Pictures of US torture, never heard of such.....:crazy:

:eyes:

admin. Louise Arbour was the chief prosecutor that brought charges against Milosevic and was responsible for bringing him before the court at the Hague. She will take what Bolton has to say with the respect it is due, NONE!

the REAL link for the TalkingPointsMemo piece? (Pet peeve of mine.)

http://www.talkingpointsmemo.com/archives/007206.php