Treatment of prisoner dents Obama promise to end such practices
Barack Obama was elected president in large part on a promise to restore the nation's battered moral authority, writes columnist Leonard Pitts Jr. The harsh treatment of Raymond Azar by the U.S. government casts doubt on the president's dedication to that promise.
No, this does not match the worst abuses of the Bush era, but it is close enough that it must surely disillusion and dismay those who thought a corner was turned on Jan. 20. It must leave them hoping that faith was not misplaced.
Sometimes a dented promise is worse than no promise at all.
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The audacity of hope is looking quite audacious.