It is sad that Jimmy Carter has no problem accusing the U.S. of being engaged in torture, but at the same time he refuses to call the genocide in Darfur a genocide.
On Wednesday Carter told Wolf Blitzer he is convinced the United States engages in torture that clearly breaches international law. According to Carter he doesn't think it, "he knows it, certainly." However, when it comes to the issue of torture, it depends on how one defines torture. One needs to consider whether water boarding, sleep deprivation, and exposer to uncomfortable temperatures is torture. Then, in this case, it begs the question of whether those fighting us, not under the flag of a nation, but rather a hateful ideology fall under the protections of the Geneva Conventions. The point is this is a complex issue, and to take such a solid stance shows how he must be blinded by hate of the Bush administration, especially since he is considered one of the most indecisive Presidents in U.S. history.
However, when it comes to the genocide occurring in Darfur, Carter's seems to defend a regime responsible for the murder of 200,000 people.
"There is a legal definition of genocide and Darfur does not meet that legal standard. The atrocities were horrible but I do not think it qualifies to be called genocide," said former US President Jimmy Carter.
Though it is currently trendy and commonplace for Democrats to accuse the Bush Administration of committing war crimes, at least don't defend real war criminals, responsible for real genocides.
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