Last August, our Nobel Peace Prize laureate, President Barack Obama, admitted that "we tortured some folks," but then added, this is "not who we are." At best, his statement was a half-truth.
First, it's not "some" folks but massive numbers over a long and sordid history. State-sponsored torture has been an implement in the imperialist toolbox at least since the early 20th century when U.S. troops employed the "water cure" during the U.S. conquest of the Philippines.
Gary Olson: American people must demand that U.S. end torture
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