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Onnesha Roychoudhuri: Torture and Extraordinary Rendition
September 29, 2006 |
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In a recent press conference, President Bush struggled to explain the current torture bull which has now passed both House and Senate. It is now simply a formality for Congress to rubber stamp a document that will alter the applicability of the Geneva Conventions in the treatment of those detained in the war on terror. Said Bush, "Common Article III says that there will be no outrages upon human dignity. It's very vague. What does that mean, 'outrages upon human dignity'?"
Stephen Colbert and Jon Stewart couldn't have scripted better satire. There is no finer illustration...
Onnesha Roychoudhuri is a Brooklyn-based freelance writer and former assistant editor at AlterNet. She has written for Motherjones.com, Women's e-News, Truthdig, PopMatters, and Huffington Post. You can reach her at onneshatao@gmail.com.
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