From here:
Amnesty International wants the federal government to arrest former U.S. president George W. Bush when he visits British Columbia next week.
Alex Neve, Amnesty Canada’s secretary general then went on to make the understatement of 2011:
Neve conceded that arresting a former president would likely cause tension with the United States
In contrast, when the murdering madman, Muammar Gaddafi wanted to drop in to Canada, Amnesty was completely silent, leaving it to Stephen Harper to officially protest.
Any smattering of integrity that Amnesty International might have once possessed has long since dissipated and, in this latest foolishness, Amnesty has confirmed its compulsive asininity and irrelevance.
AI used to be force for good in this world, bringing attention to the plight of those who were suffering for the cause of freedom. How sad that AI has been taken over by a bunch of left wing nuts who have an agenda against anything conservative.
Bur aren’t these same, “crimes” being continued under Obama, as well as the assassinations of al-qaida leaders by drone? Why doesn’t AI push for Obama’s arrest as well?
Obama was so offended by the waterboarding of the three terrorists that he introduced a remedy: don’t capture them, kill them.
Under Obama drone assassinations (and their collateral damages) have sky rocketed.
By some twisted logic, the administration that insists on giving captured terrorists Miranda rights, prefers to kill ’em not grill ’em.
I agree it sounds strange – does that make torture acceptable? If ‘we’ allow it, how does that make us different than the bad guys? Do the ends in fact justify the means?
I suppose one must consider the “lesser of two evils”. If torturing a prisoner obtains information that will save the lives of innocent civilians (dozens, hundreds, perhaps thousands) would you still be opposed to it?