by Martin Jay, Strategic Culture:
The recent news that Lloyd Austin wishes to annul a plea bargain between the man accused of being the architect of the 9/11 bombings and the U.S. authorities has thrown the spotlight on Guantanamo Bay – a colossus of U.S. hypocrisy with regards to human rights and how rarely America practices what it peaches around the world in terms of international law.
Guantanamo, a space in Cuba which the U.S. government leases from the government in Havana is considered not to be U.S. territory, and, we were told, was created to try terrorists. It was created by President Bush in 2001 and despite almost 800 prisoners passing through it, only 8 to date have been convicted.
