I have this quaint, old-fashioned belief that a free, democratic, ethical society should continue its centuries-long tradition of following the rule of law, even after a terrible terror attack on its soil. Glenn Greenwald here http://www.salon.com/news/opinion/glenn_greenwald/2010/02/14/haiti/index.html
points out the hypocrisy of those on the Right who now protest Haiti's treatment of Christian missionaries who were allegedly trying to illegally take children out of the country, even after those same commentators from the Right cheered on far worse treatment of detainees of the War on Terror who have been tortured and killed by our government. Keep in mind that at least some of these victims of American torture are completely innocent of terrorism or conspiring against the US, and in fact were just caught up in the wrong place at the wrong time. Don't believe me? Read this:
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/05/20/international/asia/20abuse.html?_r=2
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