Addendum to Previous Post

Sorry for the abruptness of the last post. I did it while I was at work preparing my lesson plan for class and the internet went down half way through my closing remarks and when I went to go and post it, the last half was not saved and consequently was lost. I quickly wanted to get the post up because I was so horrified with what I had learned that I wanted to voice my disgust I quickly wrapped it up and posted again when the internet was back up. I think that it is horrible what not just the American public rationalizes but a great deal of the rest of the world. There used to be a time in which people respected the treaties and agreements that they signed. Now, it seems like people are taking international law and using it for toilet paper. What has happened to our world? It used to be that the UN once had some say in things pertaining to the world and would actually enter into conflict. Now it is the laughing stock of the international community, "Stop it or we will be upset with you and give you the dirty look!!!" People used to have morals, ethics, and honor. Now what has happened to it? During WWII the US once had the policy of treating prisoners of war with some amount of decent respect. Sure they were the enemy but they were not tortured nigh unto death for no reason or even at all. Now Donald Rumsfield says to HELL with ethics, lets get some untrained volunteer soldiers, put them into a jail and encourage them to do what ever they deem necessary to dehumanize and torture innocent people so that we can twist the American public into believing that we are doing something to keep the United States safe. I don't know about you, but I have no desire to even be associated with a nation that legalizes such behavior and does nothing about human rights. What has sickened me perhaps most of all, is that the Presidential candidate whom I once supported, John McCain, has actually voted in favor of legalizing water boarding. A POW himself who knows how inhumane the practice is and how INEFFECTIVE IT IS. NO AMOUNT OF TERRORIST INFORMATION HAS EVER COME OUT OF ABU GRAV BUT YET THEY USE IT AS A PREMISE FOR ESCALATING HOW AMERICANS RESPOND TO THREATS. Here's some food for though, in the Military handbook, did you know that it says to follow the Geneva Convention over US legislation when it comes to human rights and handling POW's? Why is it that a majority of the US military has adopted the new legislation for human torture and no longer follow the Geneva Convention? Is it because they know that they American public of even the rest of the world will do nothing to prosecute them for violations of international human rights laws? It is a sad thing when the people we put into office and expect to follow higher standards than the rest of the public go off and become the villains of society and get of "Scott Free."