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...nature, unabashedly blunt. As my roommates (or better yet, certain of their more unfortunate past male acquaintances) will attest, I have a difficult time hiding my disdain for people I don’t like or respect. In my personal life, I’ve gotten away with shunning unpalatable people. Among my roommates, it’s become a joke that’s recounted in the long nights before tests or after boy-jerks...
Some readers responded to our story by pointing out that American forces treat suspected terrorists better than they ought to expect. Others were alarmed by the U.S. government's lack of respect for human rights...
...Although I have always felt that U.S. President George W. Bush and Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld are bad for the U.S. and the world, your article actually made me feel a bit of respect for some of their policies. The interrogation you described involved only disrespect to Mohammed al-Qahtani's personal dignity. That man is not an innocent Iraqi being dragged around Abu Ghraib on a leash. He is suspected of being the so-called 20th hijacker from Sept. 11, 2001. If he had had his way, United Airlines Flight 93 would have plummeted into the White House...
...Your story only confirms what we have known all along: that the U.S., in its blissful arrogance, does not respect world opinion on any issue. Whether it is environmental concerns or human rights, America wipes its feet on the rest of the world. Clear violations of all norms and conventions, holding people without judicial process?you name it, the U.S. has done it. What right do Americans have to preach liberty and freedom to the rest of the world? Ramji Abinashi Amersham, England...
...terrorism, the personal dignity of a fanatic trained for mass murder may be an inevitable casualty." What has happened to the America of my youth? David Wasserman Rognes, France Your story only confirms what we have known all along: that the U.S., in its blissful arrogance, does not respect world opinion on any issue. Whether it is environmental concerns or human rights, America wipes its feet on the rest of the world. Clear violations of all norms and conventions, holding people without judicial process - you name it, the U.S. has done it. What right do Americans have to preach liberty...