I have finally reached a point where I can no longer deny the reality that I'm ashamed of my country. This is not something I say lightly, because I love my country. I just hate what's been done to it and in it's name over the past eight years by thugs and criminals who will likely never have to worry about being called to account for their immoral abuse of power and all that's decent about America. Their greed, avarice, and immorality have turned this country, once the shining example of freedom and opportunity, into an international pariah, and I fear for the future they have left us.
What finally pushed me over the edge was the admission by an official in the Bush Administration that yes, we do in fact torture...and quite brutally, actually. Despite the protestations of Our Glorious and Benevolent Leader © and Darth Vader © to the contrary, America DOES torture, and the authorization to do so came from the very top.
How bad has the problem become? How sullied and tarnished has our reputation as a beacon of freedom and a moral compass become? So bad that the alleged 20th 9.11 hijacker cannot be prosecuted because his treatment met the legal definition of torture. So bad that a Bush appointee couldn't see her way clear to whitewashing the miserably inhumane treatment- torture- dealt to a man because Donald Rumsfeld (and the President and Vice President of the United States) felt himself to be above the law.
It doesn't take a Ph.D. to understand that there are a lot of people on their way out of power who should by all rights soon be wearing orange prison jumpsuits. Sadly, it seems unlikely that anyone truly responsible for this blight upon our nation's history and reputation will ever be forced to answer for their treachery and their pure, unbridled evil. We deserved better.
I'm ashamed of my country, because my country engages in torture, despite protestations (lies) to the contrary and our international treaty commitments. And the people responsible for these crimes against humanity will almost certainly continue to walk this earth in freedom. Would that they could be subjected to the same treatment they authorized human beings to be subjected to. Perhaps then I could begin to believe in justice again.
