Wow. Kevin Siers cartoon: Torture Cases

[ronnie624]

36. Excellent post.

The minuscule threat from terrorism, in no way, justifies the massive overreaction in the form of the so called Global War on Terror. When one considers the numbers, it should be plainly obvious that the GWOT is a pretext for something else. The expense of resources and the wholesale loss of civil liberties cannot possibly be justified. The "war on terror" is also a major distraction from attempts to mitigate the truly threatening issues, like the damage we are doing to our biosphere and the impending climate disaster that will result from global warming. The best way to reduce the (small) threat from terrorism, is through an honest examination of our government's conduct in the world and how it affects people of the countries we target for intervention.