DISQUS

I would love to hear the SecDef's and Admiral Mullen's candid reaction to this story. Chances are we never will, but one can dream......

We can allow the cancer from this war-without-end to eat away at eveything we value about our country: truth, justice, honor, integrity and the value of each human life. Or, we can quietly say to ourselves: "No. I will not be deterred any longer by phrases such as 'lack of political will,' 'special kind of enemy,' 'one person cannot change things,' etc., etc. Whatever another person is content to ignore makes no difference. I need to be able to look myself in the mirror. So I have committed to do at least one thing every day since the president issued his "So WHAT?" retort. Read another article on torture or watch a video about it that I would rather shy away from. E-mail my congressman and both senators each week. Contact friends and e-mail them on this topic. I keep voter registration forms in my bag to sign up people who say they care, but have not even registered. I joined the A.C.L.U. and signed the petition they are sponsoring for a special prosecutor on this topic. I realize that I could do these little things until doomsday and still not make a nickel's worth of difference. But, at long last, I cannot sit still, and I cannot look away. Even the thought of doing nothing at all makes me feel I am aiding and abetting the people who tortured in our name, and that makes me sick at heart.