Canada removes U.S. from ‘torture list.’

[babylonsister]

http://thinkprogress.org/2008/01/20/canada-removes-us-from-torture-list/

Canada removes U.S. from ‘torture list.’

Last week, CTV revealed that the Canadian government had put the United States on a “torture watch list.” Under heavy pressure from the United States, the Canadian Foreign Minister now has ordered the manual to be rewritten because it “wrongly includes some of our closest allies.” Amnesty International Canada criticized the move, stating, “When it comes to an issue like torture, the government’s main concern should not be embarrassing allies.”

[derby378]

Coward...

No matter what the FM says, the Canadians (and a lot of Americans) know the score.

[aquart]

1. No. We were rightly included.

Tossing us off doesn't mean we did not belong there. And still do. I hope the Canadians are furious over this gutlessness. Their government is behaving American.

[in_cog_ni_to]

2. The psycho probably threatened to bomb them if they didn't remove us from the list.

Does anyone doubt that? I don't.

[Bright Eyes]

5. That sounds about right.

[Atman]

6. Unfortunately, I don't either.

Probably not bomb them, but I'm sure he threatened SOMETHING...like closing the border for American tourists, or outlawing hockey or something. But you know it was something.

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[Hand]

7. Not necessary.

The current Canadian government is nothing but a bunch of incompetent right-wing lickspittles for Chimpy and Cabal. I expected this to happen much sooner.

Keep an eye out for our asshat prime minister to openly condemn someone for the original posting and destroy his/her career. That's SOP for these crypto-fascist scum. :grr: They just did it to the head of the nuclear regulatory body.

[C_U_L8R]

3. gutless.

disappointed.

[Reverend_Smitty]

4. Now what are we doing to remove *ourselves* from that torture list?

As in stopping actually torturing people!!

[Ian David]

8. A big thank-you to our pot-smoking puppet neighbors to the north.