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I'm almost brought to tears this morning as I listen to Michael Savage fans, et. al., who are clearly cheerleading for waterboarding as a fair interrogation technique. Then, I reflect back to my family's proud history of honorable service in the U.S. Army and "let go" a long sad sigh of relief that my beloved father, a combat engineer during WWII died last year so he does not have to know how, as a country, America has lost it's compassionate soul as the bright and shinning beacon for fairness and democracy.
Listening to all these *fearful* right wing Americans touting the fact that we should torture all the evildoers, I wonder HOW, as an country, we have fallen so far from our once SOUND moral compasses?
More than anything in this world my dad was HONORED and PROUD of how the German Soldiers would *beg* the Americans to take them prisoner before the Russians moved through Europe. Why? Because albeit it was overblown to some extent, AMERICA and AMERICANS were genuinely considered "the good guys" who would treat their prisoners in a humane manner.
Now, I can only conclude that through the effects of FEAR-mongering and LEARNED-helplessness, that our democratic Senators would dare EVEN CONSIDER that Bush's nominee be confirmed without flatly stating that "Waterboarding is torture. We are Americans and we DO NOT TORTURE." :wtf: is up with Mukasey stating that he's NOT SURE if water-boarding is torture?!?
DISGUSTED is the only word that I can find to describe my feelings regarding the gutless bordering on TREASONOUS complicity of far too many within our Senate.
Perhaps no one agrees with me? Perhaps some do? However, my family and ancestors (including myself) did NOT honorably serve in the US Army to condone even A HINT of *torture* for those who we hold as even "the worst of the worst* - Enemy Combatants and/or Prisoners of War.
My Dear God? :cry: We are Americans, and we, as a Country, have NOT EVER considered torture even remotely humanitarian. If we don't target those actively moving us toward realization of a "police state" mentality AS WELL AS those who are complicit or enabling, we will soon live in a totalitarian society where even our police forces will be given the "OK" to torture. :grr: :thumbsdown:
My humble suggestion: That those who want America to reclaim it's "moral high ground" as a TRUE Democratic Beacon on the hill - target all Senators, both Democratic and Republican who vote for Mukasey's confirmation to be UNSEATED in their next Democratic Primary.
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