I am become death, the destroyer of worlds. - Vishnu
My government tortures.
My President supports that torture.
My Vice President promotes
that torture. I must, therefore, face a horrible fact: I torture.
I clamp
electrodes to prisoner's genitalia. I snap the photograph that creates a new icon: the
Hooded Crucifix.
I light a
cigarette
for Lynndie England and pass her the
dog leash.
I set the
Cold Cell
thermostat at 50 degrees and I douse the naked prisoners with water.
I
waterboard
prisoners, a technique I borrowed from the Nazi
Dr. Ramdohr.
But unlike so many Germans following the revelation of Nazi
horrors, I will never be able to assert the universal defense,
"I Did Not Know".
Because I do know. I torture. That knowledge makes me sick. Please stop us before I torture again.