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Springsteen brushes off 'unpatriotic' label
 ROCK legend Bruce Springsteen has brushed off critics who label him unpatriotic, countering that the United States has itself engaged in "anti-American" activity since President George W. Bush took power.
| And I'm supposed to care in the least about his opinion precisely why? |
"I think we've seen things happen over the past six years that I don't think anybody ever thought they'd ever see in the United States," Springsteen told CBS television in an interview due to be broadcast on Monday.
| Things like airliners crashing into skyscrapers and the deaths of thousands? |
He notably criticised CIA interrogation techniques, Mr Bush's domestic surveillance program and the detention of terrorist suspects at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, without referring to them explicitly. "When people think of the Unites States' identity, they don't think of torture. They don't think of illegal wiretapping... They don't think of no habeas corpus," he said, referring to suspects being held without charge. "Those are things that are anti-American," he said.
| Back up your claims, Bruce. Precisely who was tortured, where, and under what circumstances? What illegal wiretapping took place? Who's being held without habeas corpus that's due habeas corpus? Making the charges isn't the same as the charges being true or, more to the point here, accurate. |
Posted by: Fred 2007-10-05 |
