by Dartagn » Fri Jan 22, 2010 7:46 am
Antilikos wrote:Well, your president disagrees. Like I said, it sucks to be a pow in a war that may never end. I'm sure Darwin may have had an apt term for this quality of judgment.
I'm happy that you have the option to sit back an judge the inefficacy of your country's work to keep us all safe, but I for one am happy to be a US citizen. With all our imperfections there is no country I would rather live in.
At times leaders are called upon to do make tough decisions and perhaps call for some unpopular actions for the good of the whole. Times of war are some of those times.
I'm done.
Our court system doesn't agree, and our civil rights activists don't agree, and most of the free world that isn't the UK doesn't agree.
I am still a huge US fan. We do good every day, but does that mean we can't do better? I consider these actions of this last administration to be evil, and it is an evil that we can undo and stop. Did you read the article about the boy who sits is prison to this day?
At times leaders are called upon to make tough decisions regarding our troops, and regarding our operations. Tough decisions do not mean violating civil rights and Geneva Conventions. We have condemned the torture tactics of our enemies, yet do it ourselves. How does being hypocritical help our country? It doesn't keep us safe if that is what you are thinking.
If you refuse to believe that one man can be evil, or that America could act horribly in the face of this much evidence, I guess I am done too.
Remember, that one mistake does not condemn the country, it does not condemn you. But we go day to day knowing these people are in this prison, stuck in this situation and we feel nothing for them. We don't care and some of us somehow think they deserve it. I don't know what else to say...
[quote="Antilikos"]Well, your president disagrees. Like I said, it sucks to be a pow in a war that may never end. I'm sure Darwin may have had an apt term for this quality of judgment.
I'm happy that you have the option to sit back an judge the inefficacy of your country's work to keep us all safe, but I for one am happy to be a US citizen. With all our imperfections there is no country I would rather live in.
At times leaders are called upon to do make tough decisions and perhaps call for some unpopular actions for the good of the whole. Times of war are some of those times.
I'm done.[/quote]
Our court system doesn't agree, and our civil rights activists don't agree, and most of the free world that isn't the UK doesn't agree.
I am still a huge US fan. We do good every day, but does that mean we can't do better? I consider these actions of this last administration to be evil, and it is an evil that we can undo and stop. Did you read the article about the boy who sits is prison to this day?
At times leaders are called upon to make tough decisions regarding our troops, and regarding our operations. Tough decisions do not mean violating civil rights and Geneva Conventions. We have condemned the torture tactics of our enemies, yet do it ourselves. How does being hypocritical help our country? It doesn't keep us safe if that is what you are thinking.
If you refuse to believe that one man can be evil, or that America could act horribly in the face of this much evidence, I guess I am done too.
Remember, that one mistake does not condemn the country, it does not condemn you. But we go day to day knowing these people are in this prison, stuck in this situation and we feel nothing for them. We don't care and some of us somehow think they deserve it. I don't know what else to say...