And Americans were by-the-by fine when secretive government agencies were putting proven innocent people and political opponents in Guantanamo Bay alongside terrorists, as long as they weren’t Americans.
A lot of people weren’t fine with that. Pretty much the same people who are alarmed and horrified by the current developments were alarmed and horrified about Guantanamo, the Patriot Act, the war, and all the rest of it. The issue is just that we haven’t really done anything about it.
And Americans were by-the-by fine when secretive government agencies were putting proven innocent people and political opponents in Guantanamo Bay alongside terrorists, as long as they weren’t Americans.
A lot of people weren’t fine with that. Pretty much the same people who are alarmed and horrified by the current developments were alarmed and horrified about Guantanamo, the Patriot Act, the war, and all the rest of it. The issue is just that we haven’t really done anything about it.