As Musharraf closes his book deal, rounds up Political Foes and gets a check for a few more billion from the United States Treasury  to keep things lubricated, it’s time again to admit to our American Selves the truth: We hate the bad guys more then we respect our own laws.

This is a simple honest step. The bad guys have so shaken our judicial resolve. Though repugnant, we can’t really decide if water boarding is illegal. We can’t really decide anything, and as Bush Senor advised, we must work with the repugnant to fight the repugnant. And on Sunday, we can again be comforted we are not, ourselves, repugnant.

It is the same argument repeated the same way, for the same tug at our heartstrings, for the same results. And they will be the same, and the enemy will continue to exist and prosper, as is the real plan, as we sow these seeds of discontent and injustice to ‘protect’ ourselves.

When we destroy justice to protect ourselves, we promise our children a continuum of discourse and fighting.  Maybe, this is what we really want. “Small, little lies” as the Dali Lama recently said, to just keep the embers of hate alive enough to generate profit and status quo.

Barney Moran

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