FSM, Let It Be!
I love the Guardian:
The image is a screencap of guardian.co.uk, and it says, “Obama shuts network of CIA ‘ghost prisons,’” and the subheader is “New US president embarks on wholesale deconstruction of George Bush’s war on terror.”
I’m so happy about this news–positively elated! I haven’t felt this way about anything coming out of the White House in a long time. Shutting down secret prisons and closing Guantanamo is merely taking the country back where it should’ve been, but these days I have a newfound appreciation of how much work it is “just” to do what’s right (hint: a whole fucking lot). I’m waiting to see how these orders will be implemented, whether or not they’ll be carried out in fact and in spirit, but in the meantime, at least this step is in the right direction.
I love the tone of Suzanne Goldberg’s article – here, I’ll just copy it wholesale rather than try to snip my favorite bits. Read the rest of this entry »
