Denial — from the highest levels of government to mainstream media still reluctant or refusing to even say or print the word torture to a public which still embraces torture despite its barbarity and inefficacy — is the order of the day when it comes to facing America’s tortured history. Our nation’s failure to honestly examine its darkest deeds raises the all-too-real prospect of their repetition, a chilling possibility that seems likelier than ever given Trump’s choice of Haspel, someone accused of torturing for torture’s sake — and enjoying it.Torture is the play of sadists. It is a criminal aberration. There has also been a strong element of racism in US state-sponsored torture.
Counterpunch
A Brief History of American Torture
Brett Wilkins | editor-at-large for US news at Digital Journal
Hi Tom. I mentioned about Frank Oslen here before but I decided but to put out the video because it is considered to be a conspiracy theory. But in it they describe torture so horrendous it's off the planet. Frank Oslen witnessed this once and became a changed man afterwards. The story goes that the CIA were worried he might tell people about it so they murdered him.
ReplyDeleteI read the the CIA would use massive amounts of LSD when interrogating people to cause maximum psychological suffering. I find this hard to write about as I don't like to think that people could be so cruel.
I've been looking at Buddhist sites this morning rather than politics, which is far more life affirming.