Brits agree with world: U.S. tortures

In the current climate, these things seem to go unnoticed, so I'll throw one at you. Check this out.

From the Center for American Progress's daily newsletter, they point to a new report out of the U.K.:

HUMAN RIGHTS -- BRITISH REPORT SAYS NOT TO TRUST U.S. ASSURANCES REGARDING TORTURE: A report released Sunday by the British parliament's foreign affairs committee says that the British government should not rely on assurances from the U.S. government that it does not torture terrorism suspects, after "Britain had previously taken those assurances at face value." The
main difference between the two countries that the report cites is the
definition of waterboarding as torture. UK Foreign Secretary Dana
Miliband has said that the controversial technique is torture, but
President Bush vetoed a bill that would ban CIA use of the method. The committee concluded that "Given the clear differences in definition,
the UK can no longer rely on US assurances that it does not use
torture." The committee also suggested that the British government
conduct "exhaustive analysis
of current US interrogation techniques." The report also challenges the
British government to investigate further whether British land has been
used for "rendition" flights by the United States , after allegations
that two American planes carrying terrorism suspects had landed and refueled on the British-held Indian Ocean island of Diego Garcia .

Now think about that for a second. It suggests that "The British government should not rely on U.S. assurances that it does not use torture". Not only does this mean that they can no longer trust us and take our word for it, but that there is clear evidence that we do torture. We all know that we are responsible for torture: this is not new. What is new is that the U.S. is now deemed untrustworthy. This is further proof that the world now believes the worst in us--and much less than how we see ourselves!