{"id":1106,"date":"2002-07-25T16:04:00","date_gmt":"2002-07-25T20:04:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.meehawl.com\/Blogfiles-wp\/?p=1106"},"modified":"2002-07-25T16:04:00","modified_gmt":"2002-07-25T20:04:00","slug":"us-stands-with-axis-of-evil-against-torture-ban","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.meehawl.com\/Blogfiles\/2002\/07\/25\/16\/04\/us-stands-with-axis-of-evil-against-torture-ban\/","title":{"rendered":"US Stands With Axis Of Evil Against Torture Ban"},"content":{"rendered":"

So it’s not just me that finds it extraordinary<\/a><\/i> that the US has joined with notable Axis of Evil members<\/a> such as Libya, Syria, and China to oppose an international ban on torture. I note that at the daily US State Department briefings<\/a>, the spokesperson Richard Boucher seemed rather shamefaced as he “declined” to comment<\/a> on the US position advocating looser anti-torture measures.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

So it’s not just me that finds it extraordinary that the US has joined with notable Axis of Evil members such as Libya, Syria, and China to oppose an international ban on torture. I...<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1106","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t