As a child I remember that we used to point to nations like the USSR and accuse them of using torture. We called it inhumane and condemned them. Today the US Government is using those same techniques. What changed?
Neocons lie that the world has changed since 9/11 and we must take such measures to protect our citizens. Well here’s a little history, back in the 1960’s the USSR had enough nuclear weapons pointed at us to destroy our civilization forever, and we had enough bombs and missiles aimed at them to wipe out life on the earth. Sounds pretty frightening and extreme to me. Yet we abhorred the use of torture and abided by the Geneva Convention.
Today, post 9/11 we still have thousands of nuclear missiles pointed at the rest of the world, and the USSR is no more. Instead we have small groups of religious zealots who are making political statements with horrible, but very localized attacks on us. Now, we feel it’s OK to use torture?
The Bush administration use of torture constitutes a war crime plain and simple. Now that they have been caught with their hand in the cookie jar, they want to make it legal to avoid prosecution. Well, Congress is finally growing some cajones and saying no way. What really needs to happen is a full investigation and if this administration is found to have violated international treaties, they should be turned over to an international court for war crimes, just as we would insist from any other despotic leader.
Well I am an adult now, and I have put away my childish notions that real justice will prevail. Instead I can only work to defeat these criminals in November and pray that our country can survive the religious zealots that are guiding us today.
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