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16 Apr 2009 07:34 pm
Saul Becomes Paul
A reader writes:
This is an eye opening event for me. It’s easier for a liberal like me, who voted against Bush twice, to feel I’m off the
hook. But, clearly, I kept my eyes closed and my mouth shut. When I
let talk of torture filter in, early on, such as keeping people awake and some
of the accounts of Abu Ghraib, I kept drawing lines to things I wanted to
believe. They’re keeping them awake? Oh, that must be like
playing loud music. Like… they used on Noriega. Today, I have
to ask myself why I didn’t take to the streets.
I guess I’m “lucky”
again in that I have a President who believes in the rule of law.
But where was I, a Jew, taught to say Never Again when I was growing up? My
guess is that somewhere this evil satisfied a dark place in me. A
generalized anger or rage that we can all walk around with at
times. Why else was I content not to stare this evil in the face?
(Photo: a torture victim murdered while being beaten in a stress position by a masked US agent at Abu Ghraib.)
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