MB Civic

“The views that Ronald Reagan not only advocated, but signed a treaty compelling the U.S. to adhere to, are ones that are now — in the view of our dominant media narrative — the hallmarks of The Hard Left: torture is never justified; there are ‘no exceptional circumstances’ justifying it; it must be declared to be a serious criminal offense ; and — most of all — the U.S., as Ronald Regan put it, ‘is required either to prosecute torturers who are found in its territory or to extradite them to other countries for prosecution.’ Reagan’s explicit view that the concept of ‘universal jurisdiction’ permits signatory nations (such as Spain) to prosecute torturers from other countries (such as the U.S.) is now considered so fringe that it’s almost impossible to find someone in mainstream American debates willing to advocate it” – Greenwald .. read more