Bush: 'We hold the moral high ground'
US President George Bush tonight insisted America occupied the “moral high ground” in the face of international pressure over measures used in the war on terror.
He said he was “comfortable” with decisions he had made over holding suspects at Guantanamo Bay and backed the controversial use of waterboarding as an interrogation tactic.
The president also said he was “pleased” with progress in Iraq but spoke of the difficulty he faced when he decided to commit more troops as part of the surge strategy.
In a wide-ranging interview with BBC World News America, president Bush urged China to “do more to relieve the suffering in Darfur” but said he would attend the Olympic Games this summer.
Mr Bush – who described the situation in Darfur as “genocide” – said he had taken a “seminal decision” not to send US troops to the region.
He said the US would help support peacekeeping forces there but he was “frustrated by the pace” of operations.
