Rummy On The Run

Uncofirmed reports are that former Sec. of Def. Donald Rumsfeld has been spirited out of France. Fears were that French authorities would arrest Rummy on war crime charges in connection with the torture of military detainees in Iraq and Cuba.

My initial reaction was, "Good! Get the S.O.B.!"

Then I just became sad. Like many (most?) Americans I am very proud of the good ole U. S. of A. I do think, even if just by sure dumb luck, that we have been a leading force for the betterment of a lot of people around the world. Dating back to George Washington's orders to treat British POWs humanely we have strived to be a moral leader. Yes, I know there are many instances where we didn't live up to our promise. Some of my own ancestors, the Cherokees, would be some of the first to point this out. But to paraphrase the Black Knight, "We got better." And in the late 1980's that bastion of GOP conservatism, The Gipper, praised the Geneva Conventions against torture.

To know that our elected government has condoned and intentionally used torture can only be described as shameful. Reprehensible. Appalling. What word is strong enough? Although I don't think it will ever happen, the war criminals in this administration should be brought to justice. But the whole country will wear the black eye they gave us for a long, long time to come.