Andrew Alexander in today's Daily  Mail : -
" We were told that Saddam Hussein was an enemy of mankind because he used torture . Now we witness the gruesome spectacle of President Bush endorsing torture by vetoing the Bill from Congress outlawing 'waterboarding' and other equivalently barbaric forms of interrogation.
This must be the first time in modern history that a head of state has openly endorsed torture . Alongside that , there is reason to believe that the U.S continues with its secret 'extraordinairy rendition' flights to take suspects - remember that is all they are - to countries where they apply even more savage torture .
This is an American President who prides himself on his moral sense , a born again Christian who starts the day with prayers and has forsworn alcohol following a very boozy youth . The humbug makes one gasp .
What does he say in his prayers ? ' Oh Lord , make me a decent human being , but not yet ' ?
So we have the free world , as we call it , the Western Alliance , the proclaimed centre of civilised values , led by a man endorsing methods applied by Hitler and Stalin . What do we do about it ?
The British government insists it is opposed to all torture and refuses the use of our airspace for planes on rendition flights - a rule the CIA has not always obeyed . But our indignation stops there . We continue to heap fulsome praise on the value of the Anglo-American special relationship which must never be upset .
The foreign office will say only that Washington knows our attitude to torture . There has been no protest about Bush's latest move .
Just imagine what our Government would say if Russia , China or India were to officially and openly say they sanctioned torture . Our noisy indignation would know no bounds .
But in the American case , we do nothing . Perhaps that is part of the " Britishness " which even schoolchildren are now invited to celebrate . "

Neither am I , but the Blair/Brown continuing slavish devotion to and infatuation with the corrupt , warmongering U.S President  - and that a Conservative goverment would have almost certainly been no different  -
is a legitimate matter for grave public concern , do'nt you think - ?