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06-25-2012, 08:58 PM
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Jimmy Carter Accuses U.S. of 'Widespread Abuse of Human Rights'
By Amy Bingham | ABC News – 12 hrs ago.
A former U.S. president is accusing the current president of sanctioning the "widespread abuse of human rights" by authorizing drone strikes to kill suspected terrorists.
Jimmy Carter, America's 39 th president, denounced the Obama administration for "clearly violating" 10 of the 30 articles of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, writing in a New York Times op-ed on Monday that the "United States is abandoning its role as the global champion of human rights."
"Instead of making the world safer, America's violation of international human rights abets our enemies and alienates our friends," Carter wrote.
While the total number of attacks from unmanned aircraft, or drones, and the resulting casualties are murky, the New America Foundation estimates that in Pakistan alone 265 drone strikes have been executed since January 2009 . Those strikes have killed at least 1,488 people, at least 1,343 of them considered militants, the foundation estimates based on news reports and other sources.
In addition to the drone strikes, Carter criticized the current president for keeping the Guantanamo Bay detention center open, where prisoners "have been tortured by waterboarding more than 100 times or intimidated with semiautomatic weapons, power drills or threats to sexually assault their mothers."
The former president blasted the government for allowing "unprecedented violations of our rights to privacy through warrantless wiretapping and government mining of our electronic communications."
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He also condemned recent legislation that gives the president the power to detain suspected terrorists indefinitely, although a federal judge blocked the law from taking effect for any suspects not affiliated with the September 11 terrorist attacks.
"This law violates the right to freedom of expression and to be presumed innocent until proved guilty, two other rights enshrined in the declaration," Carter said.
While Carter never mentioned Obama by name, he called out "our government" and "the highest authorities in Washington," and urged "concerned citizens" to "persuade Washington to reverse course and regain moral leadership."
http://news.yahoo.com/jimmy-carter-accuses-u-widespread-abuse-human-rights-154057442--abc-news-politics.html
comments
Pres. Obama has been disregarding the Constitution, avoiding the balanced mechanism of government, and ruling by decree for some time now. Mr. Carter, how is it you didn't complain until his excesses began to affect NON-U.S. citizens?
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Good thing O received that Nobel Peace Prize up front!
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Finally, a life long Democrat see's what we have seen. This President Obama writes his own rules, his own laws, and gives speaches about those that don't agree rather than negotiate compormises. UNFORTUNATLY, JIMMY CARTER, FORMER PRESIDENT, AND DEMOCRAT IS NOW A RACIST.
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But he has a valid point, Bush was criticized and excoriated by the leftist demoncrats for dunking terrorists heads in water but nary a peep out of them now that o-blame-a is remotely blowing them up.
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government is lost and have forgotten that it is "We the People" who put them there in the first place. Our government continues to do what is best for them, not what is best for the American people. The American people are tired, worn out and waking up to the reality of the situation. The question is whether it is too late? We have not won a war since WWII for a simple reason. That was a war we were forced into and gave them everything we had. Every conflict since that time has come about because our government does not know how to keep its nose out of the business of others. Why do American soldiers have to sacrifice their lives for people who have fought one another for centuries? Let other countries deal with their problems and keep our nose out of their business. Bring our soldiers home and if someone comes here and starts trouble then blast them back to the stone age. Enough is enough, and it is time that those in the government realize that we not only put them there, but we can also remove them just as easily.
See also : http://www.bigbigforums.com/news-information/626231-obama-jimmy-carter-comparisons-hauntingly-similar.html
Jimmy Carter Accuses U.S. of 'Widespread Abuse of Human Rights'
By Amy Bingham | ABC News – 12 hrs ago.
A former U.S. president is accusing the current president of sanctioning the "widespread abuse of human rights" by authorizing drone strikes to kill suspected terrorists.
Jimmy Carter, America's 39 th president, denounced the Obama administration for "clearly violating" 10 of the 30 articles of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, writing in a New York Times op-ed on Monday that the "United States is abandoning its role as the global champion of human rights."
"Instead of making the world safer, America's violation of international human rights abets our enemies and alienates our friends," Carter wrote.
While the total number of attacks from unmanned aircraft, or drones, and the resulting casualties are murky, the New America Foundation estimates that in Pakistan alone 265 drone strikes have been executed since January 2009 . Those strikes have killed at least 1,488 people, at least 1,343 of them considered militants, the foundation estimates based on news reports and other sources.
In addition to the drone strikes, Carter criticized the current president for keeping the Guantanamo Bay detention center open, where prisoners "have been tortured by waterboarding more than 100 times or intimidated with semiautomatic weapons, power drills or threats to sexually assault their mothers."
The former president blasted the government for allowing "unprecedented violations of our rights to privacy through warrantless wiretapping and government mining of our electronic communications."
Want more off-the-cuff politics? Check out OTUS on Facebook and follow us on Twitter @OTUSNews.
He also condemned recent legislation that gives the president the power to detain suspected terrorists indefinitely, although a federal judge blocked the law from taking effect for any suspects not affiliated with the September 11 terrorist attacks.
"This law violates the right to freedom of expression and to be presumed innocent until proved guilty, two other rights enshrined in the declaration," Carter said.
While Carter never mentioned Obama by name, he called out "our government" and "the highest authorities in Washington," and urged "concerned citizens" to "persuade Washington to reverse course and regain moral leadership."
http://news.yahoo.com/jimmy-carter-accuses-u-widespread-abuse-human-rights-154057442--abc-news-politics.html
comments
Pres. Obama has been disregarding the Constitution, avoiding the balanced mechanism of government, and ruling by decree for some time now. Mr. Carter, how is it you didn't complain until his excesses began to affect NON-U.S. citizens?
..
Good thing O received that Nobel Peace Prize up front!
..
Finally, a life long Democrat see's what we have seen. This President Obama writes his own rules, his own laws, and gives speaches about those that don't agree rather than negotiate compormises. UNFORTUNATLY, JIMMY CARTER, FORMER PRESIDENT, AND DEMOCRAT IS NOW A RACIST.
..
But he has a valid point, Bush was criticized and excoriated by the leftist demoncrats for dunking terrorists heads in water but nary a peep out of them now that o-blame-a is remotely blowing them up.
..
government is lost and have forgotten that it is "We the People" who put them there in the first place. Our government continues to do what is best for them, not what is best for the American people. The American people are tired, worn out and waking up to the reality of the situation. The question is whether it is too late? We have not won a war since WWII for a simple reason. That was a war we were forced into and gave them everything we had. Every conflict since that time has come about because our government does not know how to keep its nose out of the business of others. Why do American soldiers have to sacrifice their lives for people who have fought one another for centuries? Let other countries deal with their problems and keep our nose out of their business. Bring our soldiers home and if someone comes here and starts trouble then blast them back to the stone age. Enough is enough, and it is time that those in the government realize that we not only put them there, but we can also remove them just as easily.
See also : http://www.bigbigforums.com/news-information/626231-obama-jimmy-carter-comparisons-hauntingly-similar.html