re: #47 celticdragon
The isolated instances of torture and abuse are horrible, but they are still distinct from a national policy of torture and genocide like the Japanese and Germans engaged in during WWII.

Fortunately while we are capable of great deprivation the fact that we are openly critical of torture and abuse by the US and protected by our constitution in our criticism is a positive thing that keeps us from going all the way in that horrible direction.

I’m not arguing we have not done wrong. I am wary of equivicating the US in the 21st century with Emperial Japan or Nazi Germany. That’s the only point I was trying to make.