9.29.2006

The United States of Fear



We know you did something bad. We know because of your name and where you were born. You're not a born American, you moved here, and you kept your contacts with the terrorists in your country. We've checked your story, but if you haven't done anything wrong, why did you appear on three government watch lists? A mistake!? Not likely! That's why we pulled you out of line at the airport and brought you here. Where? Nevermind. If you cooperate and tell us what we need to know, we won't beat you anymore, otherwise, we'll ship you off to Syria where they're less squeamish about applying the necessary methods to make you cough up the information.

Don't bother us with your requests for a lawyer or to make a phone call, that doesn't apply to you. You gave up your rights as a citizen when you aided those terrorists by sending them money through that front operations, Muslim Doctors for Humanity. When you did that, Bud, you became an enemy combatant. So, Mr. Jones, or Joseph K., or whatever your real name is, tell us what we need to know. Or we might just decide to have you disappear for a long while. We can do that now, you know.

1 comment:

troutsky said...

Can you imagine anything more frightening? The knock on the door? Or just bursting in, sack over the head and a long flight to some secret extradition site? Do people really not have the imagination to put themselves in this nightmare scenario?