Torture

Torture

I am heart broken today. The failure of  our country to concern itself with liberty, justice and well being for all it's citizens no matter their race or social-economic class has been of significant concern to me. My wife and I saw the race riots of 1968 first hand in Detroit and I thought our country had solved the cause of them. But, now we have Ferguson, voter manipulation and other related incidences and it seems we have slid backwards 40 years in civil rights. The inability of congress to work in "a lets work together attitude" does not exist any more. It has been replaced by greed, ignorance, and arrogance.  

The Senate report on the horrific acts of torture committed by Americans during the Bush administration and openly justified by Dick Cheney was to final straw for me. I have always had faith that our country would always try to up hold its honor. This was reinforced for me by our actions during and after World War Two. Our efforts to bring war criminals to justice made me feel proud and gave assurance that my country would never commit illegal torture against other humans. So much for my naivety. History is filled with examples that wrongful acts are never justified but the tactics revealed in the Senate report, (Feinstein Report),  ignore this fact.

I believe that we all have a responsibility to lead ethical lives of personal fulfillment that aspire to the greatest good for humanity

Gary Faatz