In the first official US State Department response to the massive WikiLeaks release of classified Iraq War documents, spokesman P.J. Crowley shrugged off the evidence that US troops were ordered to cover up detainee abuse by the Iraqi government, insisting the abuse wasn’t America’s problem.
“If there needs to be an accounting, first and foremost there needs to be an accounting by the Iraqi government itself, and how it treated its own citizens,” Crowley added. Under Frago 242, US soldiers were ordered not to investigate any abuse by Iraqi government officials.
The State Department stance is surprising, as when the Saddam Hussein government in Iraq was accused of the same abuse the department insisted it was the international community’s duty to intervene. Now that it is a US-installed government, the abuse is a completely internal matter.
The WikiLeaks release documented a myriad of abuse by Iraqi security forces. The Iraqi government has promised to set up a committee to investigate. among other things, the widespread violation of human rights. Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, however, already condemned the release as an attempt to sabotage his second term in office.
Dear Uncle Sam;
Even I understand that when a satellite &/or puppet gov't acts, it does so within the permissable guidelines established by the other ruling state. And even if that is not true or accurate, the victim class – the native citizenry – wll blame "The Boss" anyhow.
So, good job! Way to 'Show the Flag'!
Yours, bob.
"The better I get to know men, the more I find myself loving dogs."
Charles De Gaulle
It is internal matter cause the Quisling regime works for the new Evil Empire HQ in Washington DC. No surprises here, USSR used to treat their client states in a similar fashion.
Joseph Goebbels must be ever so proud of his boy Crowley. Smarmy, lickspittle, shameless.
“The State Department stance is surprising, as when the Saddam Hussein government in Iraq was accused of the same abuse the department insisted it was the international community’s duty to intervene. Now that it is a US-installed government, the abuse is a completely internal matter.”
Why is that surprising?
They made Saddam's treatment of his citizens their business but not now. Schizophrenic.
As usual, who cares about international law when its the US puppets committing torture. If our leaders cared about that, the FBI would have long ago raided places like Langley or the School of the Americas in Columbus.
The US has become the Evil Empire. Crowley will soon be getting his voice box implant to let him deliver his statements in an authentic Darth Vader voice.
really americans have had a single attack ten years ago and they are just thrilled at the prospect of the usg torturing people to keep them safe. why should a country that has been totally destroyed for 20 years straight not have a similar reaction.
and besides if we are going to have a country investigate claims of torture is should not be one that does so it self explicitly while exonerating all those who are on the record admitting to it