Questions for interrogators:
Part 2


Yet another question: How could our government resort to making such short term decisions that could ruin us in the long run? I can tell you why. It is not because we are ignorant or stupid, that we are not thinking ahead, quite the opposite. The conservative, right wing, mostly Republican validations we have in power have thought ahead and used the War, and the weakness of our congress (due in large part by the democratic party not having any testicles, for lack of a better term), and problems seen at home (gas prices) to find a way to begin slowly wrenching away at the efficient democracy we have till it breaks and total executive power is given, (and who would conveniently be in power?...The conservative republican politicians). The destruction of our democracy to total executive power would have so many implications on so many levels and I cannot begin to fathom what the state of our nation would be. If our government keeps acting like this, I cannot see a future in a democracy in America. I see the shadows of Quaddafi, Salazar and Castro. I see the shadows of Kim-Jung-Ill, Stalin, and Mussalini. American will not be America if this continues any longer.

Questions for the interrogators:

My first question to the interrogators and the U.S. Government is this: Why do we want to torture detainees. Have we become so brutal that we feel we have to torture people to get things out of them? Another question, How do you think our fore-fathers would feel about narrowing the Geneva conventions and giving the executive branch "complete freedom and flexibility, with no check or balances." NO CHECKS OR BALANCES! Our whole government is run by checks and balances and that is why it has worked, and worked well. The founding fathers would s*%$ a brick if they were still here. Giving the executive branch of government unlimited and unchecked powers would be the most irresponsible thing our government has ever done. Why do they think we have three equal branches of government! Have they not taken a basic government class!!!!!! This is just the first step in many before our country becomes a dictatorship. Democracy means run by the people, not give more power to the officials! If congress voted for it, which may very well happen because the majority of the United States congress has no fortitude or courage, it'd be the worst decision our country would ever make.

Torture at Guantanamo

The acts that are being commited by the U.S. Government are acts that, in my mind, are torture. Putting someone in a dark cold room for days without food and playing loud music to keep them awake is cruel and should be defined as torture. Torture should not be something a lawer defines to fit his clients needs, no matter if his client is the U.S. Military. Torture should be something you feel, as a human, is not right to inflict on another human being. Maybe the military needs to go back to first grade and relearn the idea that you should "treat others the way you want to be treated."
Another question arises from this. Why are we keeping these people imprisoned when they are not even tried yet and wont be for a very long time. It is unjust for us to be going this. It is also cowardly to imprison someone and keep them there because you need information, when they have done nothing wrong. What happened to a speedy and fair trial? I believe that concept is lost in the U.S. Government today.

How am I supposed to respond to that? That is just one of many powerful stories that occured that day. I cannot justify that with a responce of which I know nothing about, he told his story, and I have nothing to add.

I believe former president clinton possess a good point about the fictional of a traumatic event. Yes it may enhance the story, but how far do network executives go to make their money? Why would you want to over dramatics such a terrible incident in our nations history. That said, I do not believe that president Clinton is attacking the value of this "docudrama" purely on it's semi-fictional storyline. He is also trying to save his political career. Would anyone like to see a television series saying that their actions or lack there of led to one of the worst attacks in this nations history? No, so it is understandable why anyone would try to defend their actions.
I don't believe it is right to say that one person alone led to this attack happening. It is like saying, "If you would have stepped in front of this snowball I threw, it would have hit your friend but now it's your fault that your friends eye is bleeding." It is insane to blame one person, President Clinton, President Bush, or any other person in high political position. This raises one question, who should the blame go to? The answer is, no one but the terrorists that committed the act. Should someone defending our country be to blame for one attack happening? It is not like they simply let it happen. They didn't work hard enough some Americans may say, yet, last time I checked, President of the United States was a pretty hard job. So to ABC I say, don't point the finger of blame, it's impolite and you're all grown up, you should know better.

When I first heard of the 9/11 attacks, I was in the seventh grade and I was on my way to third hour. I was walking near my locker and someone came up to me and said, "The twin towers are burning." I did not know what the twin towers were so I didn't think much of it. I remember a song in my head that I thought of when I heard but I don't want to share the song because I thought of it not knowing the gravity of the situation. I walked into my third hour class and my teacher, Mrs.Risku, was crying and the television was on and we watched news coverage of it all day and then it hit me and I don't believe any of our lives have been the same since.