American Wanderlust

I'm a global citizen, educator, and former union leader; with an academic background in the Middle East, Latin America, and Africa. Cities around the world feel like my home. I'm a professional Educator. I believe in Solidarity, wherever I am. Notes from my travels, research, and encounters tend to end up here.

"Most Americans wondered why we would even take the chance. And now they're wondering when the administration will admit it was wrong and assure us just as confidently that terrorists will be tried from now on in the military commission system that was established for this very purpose at the secure facility at Guantánamo Bay, or detained indefinitely, if they cannot be tried without jeopardising national security." »

WHAT?!  People, this is what we fought against so hard under Bush term 1 and 2, and eventually got a (partial) turn around on.  The fact that the republican majority leadership is already pushing for a return to INDEFINITE INCARCERATIONWITHOUT TRIAL should tell us something here