The America We Used to Know

Great work by John Sherffius. Presented without further comment.

The America We Used to Know

The America that was a model of justice in the world, not tyranny.
The America that championed human rights, not violated them.
The America that opposed torture, not the one that practices it.
The America that didn't engage in preemptive warfare.
The America that didn't spy on its own citizens.
The America that respected the Geneva Conventions.
The America that respected its own Constitution.

The America whose leaders didn't prey on fear.

It has been 5 years since September 11th -- has anyone seen that America?

We miss you so much.
-- From a cartoon by John Sherffius of the Boulder Daily Camera. Posted by Colleen, April 16, 2007 at Common Dreams.org.