To you flag waving patriots who really can’t seem to understand what it at stake, let me make it simple.

If you tear down our principles you tear down our nation. That is all we are really as a nation. We do not share a common ancestry. We do not share common backgrounds, but we do share the principles of the rule of law and that a republic can be sound and fair and protect the rights of all.

We do not detain for years on end without representation or a fair hearing. That was one of the things we fought a revolution over.

We do not torture - well that was something established a very long time ago- but we strayed from it to our dishonor.

We don’t need the terrorists to take apart America. All we need are people who fear more than they think running America. All we need are the jingoistic fools who follow them blindly.

I say it firmly. You are all pathetic.