I've been depressed this week. Seeing inky99's post yesterday (Prisoners packed in icewater-filled garbage cans) about Abu Ghraib...and specially this picture (don't click if you don't want to cry)
The second thing that makes me depressed is that we are upon the fifth anniversary of one of the greatest follies of our nations history. Where we as a nation were complicit in attacking another country simply for because we were afraid (our politicians were afraid of losing oil security and some of us were just afraid of Saddam).
Easily over four thousand Americans have died. Surveys of morgues and scientific interviews suggest1.2 million Iraqis have died.
Why couldn't "we the people" stop our country from doing such evil?
I think I felt ashamed as an American.
It comes down to not enough people standing up for what is right. It always does. Human history shows us that the people who publicly stand up against injustice are always a minority.
So this video brought tears of joy...
(more below)
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