Amnesty International has released it annual report documenting human rights abuses around the world. Salon.com reports that it contains harsh criticism against the U.S.’s military prison at Guantanamo Bay:

The annual report accused the United States of shirking its responsibility to set the bar for human rights protections and said Washington has instead created a new lexicon for abuse and torture. “Attempts to dilute the absolute ban on torture through new policies and quasi-management speak, such as ‘environmental manipulation, stress positions and sensory manipulation,’ was one of the most damaging assaults on global values.”

That’s absolutely shocking! Uhh, no it’s not. With news reports coming out almost weekly about the latest prison abuse scandals like (allegedly) desecrating the Koran, using sexual taunts against prisoners, and continuing reports of Abu Ghraib-like abuses, I am at a loss to explain why the U.S. military is being criticized . . . yeah right.

At least Amnesty International named several countries in Africa as being the worst human rights abusers around the world, so that gives the U.S. military something to aim for.