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Morally Clueless (Updated) (Updated Again) 0

President Bush announced new sanctions Tuesday against the military dictatorship in Myanmar, accusing it of imposing “a 19-year reign of fear” that denies basic freedoms of speech, assembly and worship.

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“In Belarus, North Korea, Syria and Iran, brutal regimes deny their people the fundamental rights enshrined in the Universal Declaration” of the United Nations.

This appeal against “brutal regimes” comes from the same bunch who gave the world Abu Ghraib, Guantanamo Bay, and “black sites,” and who made “waterboarding” a household word.

The hypocrisy is sick-making.

Where’s my Maalox?

Addendum, Later that Same Day:

Judgement at Northwest Washington.

Judging from the internal evidence of the tape and the reference to the upcoming election, it seems like a done deal.

The perps walk.

Via Brendan.

McClatchy, via Atrios.

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