Tuesday, October 30, 2007

GRANTING IMMUNITY JUST MAKES US LOOK WORSE

By Schuyler Thorpe
Author and Political Activist

We all saw this one coming.

I mean–after all–the US government is always looking out for its movers and shakers–even if the majority of them are scum and corrupt to the core.

Why should it matter if it’s just some lawless mercs? Nothing’s wrong with that, right?

Condoleezza Rice says that the Blackwater gang is desperately needed to protect US diplomats and other high-target officials in a war zone.

The head of the security company claims that no one died under their tenure.

So why the secret deal to grant these killers immunity–from killing Iraqi civilians out of spite?

Doesn’t the State Department realize that it’s damning itself by doing so and impeding a federal investigation into the criminal acts by these barbarous individuals who care little for human life–except for the almighty dollar?

And how will granting immunity portray the US’s old desire for truth and justice?

I seem to recall a time when our nation stood for that: Truth, Justice, and the American Way.

With the war on terror, I guess that no longer matters.

Everybody has their price these days.

Schuyler Thorpe is an author, a political activist, and a frequent letter writer to The Everett Herald of Snohomish County. He can be reached at: starchildalpha1 at yahoo.com



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