USA pomposity does not endear GCC
Editorial: 12/6/08
The US State Department has accused Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) states of not doing enough to combat human trafficking. Such impertinence! Why should the US think it has the God-given right to criticise all and sundry just because they perceive, usually inaccurately, some behaviour that does not conform to their way of life? Is the US really capable of adopting a holier-than-thou stance, especially bearing in mind the manner in which the military treat prisoners in Abu Ghraib and Guantanamo - and let us not forget those prisoners held in Afghanistan, who fared no better and “disappeared from site” and are still unaccountable? If the US wants to compare its record of humanity against that of Gulf states, then it will find that as what is now considered to be by far the most powerful nation in the world, it falls very far short of exemplary behaviour.
See: http://www.gulfnews.com/opinion/editorial_opinion/world/10220339.html