The ‘Exceptionalism’ of US Torture

December 21, 2014

Americans like to think of themselves as the ultimate “good guys” and anyone who gets in their way as a “bad guy.” Under this theory of U.S. “exceptionalism,” whatever “we” do must be moral or at least morally defensible, from sponsoring coups around the world to torture, as William Blum describes.
By William Blumhttp://consortiumnews.com/2014/12/21/the-exceptionalism-of-us-torture/