A Gentleman’s view.

This is a list of World Leaders of questionable moral ethics who we (United States of America) by way of proxy (our current at the time of these relationships), Presidents or world figures of power and authority, who we considered at one time or another to be our allies. Google any name and look at the records of these men and ask yourselves; Why should we be surprised torture was on our agenda in this war on terror?

Saddam Hussein,

Idi Amin,

Jean Bertrand Aristide,

Raul Cedras,

Anastasio Somoza Debayle,

Samuel Doe,

Jean Claude Duvalier,

Hissene Habre,

Ayatollah Khomeini,

Osama Bin Laden,

Ferdinand Marcos,

Mengistu Haille Mariam,

Manuel Noriega,

Milton Obote,

Mohammad Reza Pahlavi,

Mobuto Sese Seko,

Valentine Strasser,

Alfredo Stroessner,

Mohamed Suharto,

William R. Tolbert Jr., and

Augusto Pinochet Ugarte,

Since President Barack Obama:

Hamid Karzai