Rights Group Defends Chastising of U.S.

"An official of Amnesty International said Friday that the term gulag in its annual report to describe the United States prison camp at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, was chosen deliberately,..."

Whenever an individual or organization begins to loosely throw around emotionally charged words, two things happen: the individual or organization is held in lower repute by thinking individuals; and the impact of the word is lessened. Such is the case of the application of the word gulag by Amnesty International in reference to the U. S. and Guantánamo Bay and Abu Ghraib.

Perhaps Amnesty International is depending upon the lack of knowledge of the unthinking world to accept its leftist demonization of the U. S. That says about all a person needs to know about Amnesty International.