A Sad Day For America

Of all the responses to the news that our government has decided that habeas corpus and rules against torture are too pre-9/11, the one that struck me as most on-the-mark was provided by Roadmaster, a frequent and sagacious commenter at Eschaton. I quote it here in its entirety (with permission).

(with reference to Jeff Foxworthy)

You MAY be in your own "Axis of Evil" if your nation is kicked off the UN Human Rights Committee and is replaced by Libya.

You MAY be in your own "Axis of Evil" if the Chinese Constitution has better human rights protections than your own.

You MAY be in your own "Axis of Evil" when Kim Jong Il can reasonably argue that your foreign policy is directly lifted from one of the movies he wrote, directed, and starred in.

You MAY be in your own "Axis of Evil" when aging Chilean and Argentinian generals think you are too severe on those you have imprisoned.

You MAY be in your own "Axis of Evil" when Saddam Hussein would win a current Iraqi election in a landslide - even with Jimmy Carter monitoring it.

You MAY be in your own "Axis of Evil" if Stalin, Hitler, Pol Pot, and Vlad the Impaler all nod approvingly from beyond the grave.

Indeed.