I notice Barak Obama will not be seeking any kind of further action against those responsible for the alleged torture of inmates in Guantanamo Bay last week , and equally over here in the U.K. - we have an ex intern who has recently accused certain authorities here of being complicit with the illegal treatment that was carried out there .
Now knowing the system in the U.K. , the immediate and unequivocal , rebuke by a …….. “plausible deniability”………sorry….sorry……..Senior Minister :) ,
over these particular accusations , creates an instant suspicion in my mind as to our definite involvement in some form or another , and this point has been further backed up a recent United Nations report condemning the U.K. because of this alleged
action.
Authorities in both countries , need to in my opinion , send out a strong message to the world saying this kind of behaviour will not be tolerated by anybody , and those involved on both sides of the Atlantic…….. NEED TO BE PROSECUTED !!!
To me - a flat denial on our part , or an implication that it was “another presidents
fault “ on Obama’s - simply isn’t good enough , and unless this happens, I’ve got no doubt that this will also open up the door in some people’s eyes to legitimize the torture of both American and U.K.citizens in the future, and that we don’t want – do we , because you can guarantee it won’t be a politician on the receiving end.
Boing……. Boing…….
Steve - one of my workmates came in one morning last week , and was looking a little rough around the edges , so I asked him what was going on ? , and it transpired he had been up very , very late the previous night , assembling an eight foot trampoline he’d paid £130 for his kids .
So the next morning he went around the shops as usual , and got talking to a woman down the road , and mentioned the late night trampoline antics to her , and she said he could have a twelve foot , ready assembled , trampoline for free , as her own kids didn’t want it anymore .
So Steve took the afternoon off work to disassemble his trampoline and take it back for a refund , the problem is the free , but substantially , larger trampoline is so big it won’t fit in his back garden - so its back to the drawing board for him :)
