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Another British former Guantanamo Bay inmate tells of abuse, says there is video tapes of it stored at Camp X-Ray. Meanwhile, the New Yorker has a report that insists Donald Rumsfeld personally approved programs to torture Iraqi prisoners. I'm unsurprisingly unconvinced that the US administration seems to think that a few half-hearted 'sorrys' undo the damage of torture revelations. If they really wanted people to believe that their going into Iraq and killing half of them to get to Saddam was for the good of the Iraqi people then as soon as the first US guard is convicted (and the first trial starts on Wednesday right) then there should immediately be resignations. And I'm assuming it's Donald Rumsfeld that has responsibility. This isn't a partisan point and the difficulties it causes for the Republican party in the run up to elections should not shape anyone's opinions, but it's a clear moral point. Whether or not he told them to torture or he didn't, he has a responsibility for their actions. If the White House and the Presidents Men could bask in the glory of 'victory' last year, then they also have to take responsibility for the Allies failings. If Dubya is going to stand in front of flags and 'mission accomplished' signs, then he also has to stand in front of signs of Iraqis being killed by Coalition forces and men being humiliated by American servicemen and women.

Or at the very least he can go on TV and say "Donald Rumsfeld will not be resignatoring because we never really gave a fuck about the Iraqanian people." It would be nice to have some honesty for once. Chris is even more forthright, Donald Rumsfeld doesn't need to resign. Donald Rumsfeld needs to be fired, and he needs to be fired by President Bush.