The President of the United States Explicitly Endorses Torture — a Crime Against Humanity

Even George W. Bush called torture abhorrent.
“Freedom from torture is an inalienable human right, and we are committed to building a world where human rights are respected and protected by the rule of law,” he wrote on the UN International Day in Support of Victims of Torture in 2004.
Bush’s words were outrageously insincere and hypocritical, considering that his administration brutally tortured hundreds of captives in the war on terror, referring to it euphemistically as “enhanced interrogation.”
But in his first week as president, Donald Trump won’t stop telling the world that he approves of torture, thumbing his nose at a basic international norm of legality and decency.
What is entirely unprecedented is his willingness to use the word “torture” — a crime by definition — while openly defending it.
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