Will U.S. Withdraw from Geneva Conventions?

Since the Supreme Court held that America must abide by the treaties it has signed and the laws it has passed Congress has been in an uproar. Republicans are shouting that Congress must now act to make these unconstitutional violations legal. Expect a lot of posturing and the intoduction of new laws to legalize programs about which Congress doesn't know much. This is extremely reckless. Let's at least have investigations and inquiries to discover exactly what is being done in our names before legalizing all of it. It scares me to think how many more programs are still secret.

Since the gross violations of human rights struck down yesterday involve many provisions of the Geneva Conventions we are faced with limited choices. We can close Guantanamo, stop extraordinary renditions, close our secret gulags, cease all torture, or we can withdraw from the Conventions and all other international treaties prohibiting the violation of human rights. I wonder which it will be? Remember this is an Administration which refused to join the international criminal court. Good thing too, considering all the war crimes they've committed.

Of course we could also begin impeachment proceedings, replace the criminals and begin upholding our laws and international obligations. We could once again be a beacon for human rights and make Lady Liberty proud.

My bet is we'll withdraw. Make sure your loved ones don't join the military once that happens. We've already been what happens to our soldiers when we violate the human rights of our foes. Ask the families of those servicemen who were kidnapped, tortured and beheaded. We sunk to the level of our foes and in the process we lost our soul. It pains me to see what America has become.