41 years after the Greek Junta (21st of April 1967) Mr. Bush admits authorizing use of Torture (2008) 21/04/2008

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UPDATE:

• Here is the latest AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL advert against Waterboarding, a form of severe Torture:

President Bush face-making (in a presidential debate)

Democracy is certainly NOT defined solely as the existence of temporary outlets for expressing preferences (such as “free elections”) about who will be the next… multi-year-rule temporary dictator. On the contrary…

• Perhaps the most elementary characteristic of Democracy, the absolute prerequisite for ANY democracy, is freedom from torture; i.e. freedom from threats and abuses against basic Human Rights;

• The right of ANY person NOT to be tortured is the most FUNDAMENTAL Human Right.

• In this respect, as Europeans we should send our CONDOLENCES to the American People, for the DEATH OF HUMAN RIGHTS in their country:
  

• President Bush recently admitted that he authorised the use of TORTURE (such as the severe torture of “waterboarding”)

Here is a recent ABC news-clip, titled “ABC News Puts Order To Torture Inside The Oval Office”

• If you think Mr. Bush didn’t approve of torture itself, but only of “enhanced interrogation methods“, then take a look at this video (about the torture-technique of Near-Drowning, or waterboarding):

YouTube – *WATERBOARDING 101* ~OLBERMANN

However, the BEST youtube News=bulletin (full of useful Data) is the following AMATEUR news-clip:

More videos:

1. YouTube – Bush Admits Torture Feb 6 2008 – America Turns A Blind Eye?

2. YouTube – The CIA, Torture, and George Tenet’s Body Language

3. YouTube – Bush Torture Bill

4. YouTube – ABC News: Bush advisers approved torture

5. YouTube – Waterboarding Torture Demonstration at Justice Department

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