Being Americans does not make us right. But being right makes us better Americans.

When I first learned that Jill Carrol had been kidnapped in Iraq I was upset because I know that the chances of her release are not very good.

When I heard that her kidnappers wanted to use her to gain the release of female prisoners I was a little surprised to hear that we were still holding any female prisoners, but I assumed that they were captured as suspects in potential suicide bombing missions. I would support putting these type of individuals in jail pending a trial.

But now we learn that we may be holding the innocent wives of suspected insurgents in a ploy to get them to give themselves up. This information is represents a whole new level of mistreatment.

Now instead of comfortably judging these terrorists who kidnap women to as bargaining chips or as symbols of their defiance I find myself and my country on shaky ethical ground. We cannot morally condemn a practice that we ourselves engage in.

What has happened to my country?

• We condemn the 9-11 bombers for killing thousands of innocent civilians and then attack a country that did not threaten us and kill even more thousands of their innocent civilians.
• We condemn Saddam Hussein for jailing and torturing his people and then find our own military does the same thing in Abu Ghraib.
• We condemn our enemies for using chemical weapons and then are exposed for using phosphorous in Fallujah.
• We condemn the Iraqi insurgents for killing their own people indiscriminately and then evidence is exposed that shows our soldiers doing the same thing.

These are just examples of our hypocrisy toward the people of Iraq. Our government is doing almost as much harm here in this country. We have lost the moral high ground! We have lost our hold on ethics! We have lost what it means to be Americans!

I want it back! And I want you to want it back as well!

George Bush came into office promising to be Bill Clintons moral superior. This constitutes the biggest prank ever played on America! I have said it before but it bears repeating. I would take any president with a penchant for blow jobs over a president with a penchant for war any day of the week! There is much more to morality then sexual preference. I want a man who puts the needs of his country first and makes decisions that benefit the world at large. Then if he wants a hummer, well then let him have as many as he wants!