Rudy's Not the Only One
More and more, the United States sees itself as the world's police. The Bush administration has taken this idea and run with it. Now, they're getting ready to pass the torch:
Asked at a community meeting here whether he considered waterboarding torture, Mr. Giuliani said: “It depends on how it’s done. It depends on the circumstances. It depends on who does it.”
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We have begun down a slippery slope. Somehow our politicians have gotten the idea that the US always has the moral high ground, by default. Guiliani, by his strong implication that US waterboarding is OK, but other people doing it is not, firmly establishes himself in this group. By their view, the US does not make mistakes, it can do no wrong. The problem, of course, is that people who are not willing to admit to mistakes, or even the possibility of mistake, will make many more mistakes, but never learn from them. They can never improve themselves.
The worst part, though, is that as citizens, many of us have become passive. We complain about politics, the war, the economy, schools, and everything else, but we don't take action. We all need to be responsible for what is done on our country's behalf, just as our country as a whole needs to be responsible to the rest of the world.
Quick poll:
- Can you name your congressional representatives?
- What parties do they belong to?
- Do you know how they vote?
- Do you generally agree or disagree with how they vote?
Keep tabs on your representatives, and to write them frequently.
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