Spurred by
this diary on Abu Ghraib's hooded prisoner, I just watched
this piece from the PBS program NOW on the US torture system comprised of Gitmo, Abu Ghraib and the rest.
And now I have this to say to our abysmal excuse of a president.
Mr. President, sir, you are very lucky that we're liberals.
Now I don't know if you could possibly understand what I'm about to say to you. After all, you seem to have trouble with even the most basic and self evident of truths, the truths that indeed launched this nation into its independence in the first place. Like that big one about all men being created equal. You obviously have no clue about that one.
But lucky for you, liberals do understand it. It's lucky for you, sir, because your day is coming. There will be justice. As liberals have always done, we will once more rebuild and refortify what you tiny-minded reactionaries have so arrogantly tried to destroy. And when that day finally comes:
You will be charged with your crimes, unlike the men who languish in your torture cells having never been charged with anything.
You will be allowed to see your attorney, unlike the men you have denied even the most basic legal representation.
You will be convicted, because, unlike these shadowy prisoners you hold in places all around the globe, the evidence against you is clear and undeniable.
And, though you will serve your time, every last minute of it, you will not be tortured.
And for all of that, Mr. President, you can be thankful. You can get down on your knees and thank whatever twisted vision of God you hold in that feeble mind of yours that we are liberal.
You see, sir, liberals recognize, understand, and act upon the self evident truths of which you are so clearly ignorant. And when we afford you your rights - to be charged, to be represented by counsel, to be free from torture - we will do so not simply because you are an American, but because you are, even given your horrendous crimes, a human being.
And all human beings are created equal.
Not just American human beings.
Or white human beings.
Or Christian human beings.
All human beings.
And you, sir, are so lucky that we understand this truth. You are so lucky that we are liberals.