Faith-based News for Extra-TerrestrialsWE TORTURE TO END TORTURE
Well, I suppose it made sense in 1917 to believe we went to war to end war. REUTERS:
President Bush, whose administration has been hit by accusations of prisoner abuse, said on Sunday that the United States was committed to the elimination of torture worldwide... [*]
Actually, to the rest of the world, it's obvious as the rank hypocrisy it is.
That's why, I suppose, that Communist China is now viewed more favorably than we are in international public opinion. AP:
The United States' image is so tattered overseas two years after the Iraq invasion that communist China is viewed more favorably than the U.S. in many long-time Western European allies, an international poll has found... [*]
This seems incredible. China executes some 10,000 people a year, mostly in religious persecution, and forbids the use of words like democracy and freedom.
On the other hand, they do kind of mind their own business. They haven't exactly invaded anybody lately - at least since the 1959 invasion of Tibet. I guess you might say they are a better neighbor than we are. Yikes.