obliged to follow the law and to investigate and prosecute the use of torture and he has not i was laura petter counterterrorism advisor for human rights watch now speaking of war the united states continues its over budget or role in fighting libyan leader moammar gadhafi without too much resistance at home the country is scrambling for cash to pay its bills but it's not really nobody's really making that connection it's not the same case though for other countries that are taking part in the nato campaign in spain they say they were dragged into the war from pressure from washington a war which has cost in a country money it doesn't have my colleague r.t. correspondent sara perth was in madrid to find out why here is what she found out we appreciate spain's contributions to enforcing the no fly zone and the arms embargo the nato mission is on track a pats on the back for staying there not everyone feels quite so pleased with spain's involvement in libya least of all the spanish people the spanish government support the nation with spanish troops because they're not. the natural order of that