"It is important to note that the torture scandal that has exploded in recent days is something that the anti-war movement and human rights activists have been trying to expose for years. Lawyers Against War, Amnesty International and academics like University of British Columbia professor Dr. Michael Byers have long been sounding the alarm that Canada was in violation of the Geneva Convention by handing over detainees to almost certain torture and abuse."punditman says:
Step by step, Canada has gotten into a quagmire in Afghanistan that now includes complicity in both torture and extra judicial executions. Yet still, the defenders of the policy will try to justify it by saying that if you criticize the mission, then you are against the troops. Sound familiar?
