It looks to me as if the sad fact is that Americans are pretty okay with torture and violence as a way of life.
Bush/Hitler comparisons anyone? When you look closely you'll see the parallels between the Roman Empire and the American Empire. We even had "American Gladiators". And what is WWF, the NFL and NHL other than gladiators to slake the blood thirst of the American masses. Violence is the religion of America and Marx might say the "opiate of the (U.S.) masses". While I can't stand the WWF, I love the NFL and NHL and so I guess I'm just as guilty as the next American.
Where is the outrage over the continuing revelations by constitutional democratic patriots like Sy Hersh and dK's Armando??? Entirely missing from the public discussion. Somehow we must raise America's consciousness and we must do it now. Maybe us bloggers will make the difference that the pathetic journalists of the "Fourth Estate" are failing to make. Let us pray for our new Fiercehearted Faction will rise up and overcome where the Fainthearted Faction has failed us...
JamBoi