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Iraqi Prisoner Abuse Hearings
I am sitting here watching the Senate question Donald Rumsfeld and other top military leaders about the Iraqi prisoner abuse and I want to throw up. Here are all of these Senators (white) talk about how the conduct of those few American soldiers is un-American and goes against the values of America. However, I can't help but think back on how this "great" country of ours came to be. Through the slaughtering of millions of Native people to the horrors of over 400 years of enslavement of Africans, our "great" country was built. Violence has been at the cornerstone of our democracy. It's not ironic that young men and women would perpetrate the same kind of violence and inhumane treatment that America is synonymous for. It's kills me that they care more about how they treat citizens of foreign nation than they do about the treatment of citizens right inside our own country. Let's we forget that while Blacks make up less that 20% of the U.S population, almost 50% of Blacks are incarcerated or under some form of community control. And what really ticks me off, is how they are now considering paying reparations or as Sec. Rumsfeld put it "compensation" to those prisoners abused. African slaves build this country on their backs, but we have yet to see a dime! Several senators said that this scandal has hurt America's "credibility". Hell, America has never been that credible to me! I want to close by saying that inhumane acts built this nation and continue to be perpetrated today. When are we gonna have a Senate hearing about that?
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