"And here you see the true nature of the canadian state:
trying to pretend, when they can get away with it, that they
are as civilized as any europeans -- except that when push
comes to shove, they quickly demonstrate to the entire world
instead that they are merely the usual slavish, boot-licking
toadies of U.S. imperialism as all the rest. And don't you
forget it, eh?
It was a crime for these canuck stooges to remove these
international state criminals from this torturers' list. So
let us not forget these bureaucrats and politicos who did
this dirty deed today. They now have somethig else they will
have to answer for."
Citizens for Legitimate Government said:
Gag me with a chainsaw! Canada removes U.S., Israel from torture watchlist 19 Jan 2008 Canada's foreign ministry, responding to pressure from close allies, said on Saturday it would remove the United States and Israel from a watch list of countries where prisoners risk being tortured. Both nations expressed unhappiness [!] after it emerged they had been listed in a document that formed part of a training course manual on torture awareness given to Canadian diplomats. Foreign Minister Maxime Bernier said he regretted the embarrassment caused by the public disclosure of the manual, which also classified some U.S. interrogation techniques as torture. [See: Canada puts U.S. on torture watch list: CTV --Canada's 'torture awareness' watch list includes Syria, Iran, China, Afghanistan, the United States, Guantanamo Bay, and Israel. 16 Jan 2008.]
So much for that brief glimmer of hope for the world. And the parade of lies just keeps marching on...
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