[Law is not justice but process]

I am very encouraged by the outrage our nation has shown over the actions of these out-of-control prison guards. This is a sense of outrage that was absent (or very limited) when Clinton was having sex with interns in the White House, when thugs were rioting after courts rendered decisions (take your choice, Rodney King, the Cincinnati police trial, OJ, any sports championship in the last decade), when network television was slowly losing any standard of decency throughout the 90's, etc..

This is not an isolated incident, as there seems to be a growing reaction to low standards: e.g. Janet Jackson's breast, Howard Stern, Martha Stewart, etc.. I believe we are seeing somewhat of a cultural backlash against the 1990's. I know this is probably unduly optimistic of me, but I have to have to be optimistic or I will become a complete nihilist.

I wish I could go farther and believe that those on the left truly have realized that the moral standards of this nation are disappearing, but a little voice keeps telling me that if Gore were president this Iraqi prison story would not be a front page news in the US.

[FReepaholic]

>>...I am very encouraged by the outrage our nation has shown over the actions of these out-of-control prison guards....<<

President Bush spoke on Arabic TV regarding this issue. I believe he should address the American people also.

We pride ourselves in our humane treatment of enemy POW's. Whenever the enemy mistreats our guys we are rightously indignant and say we don't do that.

Well, we can't say that anymore. These morons have insulted our nation. They've caused us to lose face before the world.

I think this is big. It makes me sick.