The mastermind behind EVERYTHING

Perhaps I'm just a cynic. Maybe I've lost faith in our politicians & leaders. I see everyone as nothing more than unapologetic spin doctors. So maybe it's just me...but doesn't it all seem a little suspicious? Isn't this scape goat a tad bit obvious? I'm not saying that Khalid Sheik Mohammad is as pure as the freshly driven snow. Not at all. I'm sure he may have aided in & done some horrendous things. But everything??? This one man is responsible for every terrorist attack & terrorist plot for the past decade?

This man has been in US custody, in secret US prisons, in countries that not only allow torture but blatantly defend their medieval techniques, for 4 years. All of a sudden he confesses to EVERYTHING? Really? He confesses to everything after 4 years of confinement & treatment that doesn't just bend but breaks the Geneva convention into pieces, without the assistance of an attorney or any legal aid. Then his confession is read, not by himself but a US Colonel, during a SECRET trial in Cuba. And when asked if his confession was given under torture his answer is blacked out by CIA for "National Security". Actually the majority of the transcript that was made public is blackened out. Now they say that Khalid's allegations of torture will be reported & investigated... What? Didn't the US colonel just claim that Khalid himself said that his confession was not given under any pressure? So if there was no pressure what torture will they investigate?

Isn't it also a coincidence how this all takes place at the same time that more Americans are against the war then ever before, the Democrats are looking strong for the next election & Bush's popularity is in the hole? What a stroke of luck for the Republicans & for Bush himself. Now they have a confession & a man they can hold up & say "see, it's working," "The war, the torture, the military funding, is all worth while." "And if you want to continue to feel secure you have to vote for us again next election."

I don't want to come off as an "anti-American", "anti-troops", "pro-terrorist" or any other label the SHEEP give to anyone with an opinion of their own. The US got this all wrong. After 9/11 the US had the world united behind them. Now, after Iraq & all the moral & legal fumbling. We have the allies split & fighting with each other, & enemies who have never before been so united.

The US needs to wake up, accept their part in this conflict, stop giving ultimatums, & come up with an end game. Which has to include some form of peaceful negotiation. I know, "we don't negotiate with terrorist." Well you can't kill them all either.