President Barack Obama's words to Iran on Saturday:

The Iranian government must understand that the world is watching. We mourn each and every innocent life that is lost. We call on the Iranian government to stop all violent and unjust actions against its own people. The universal rights to assembly and free speech must be respected, and the United States stands with all who seek to exercise those rights.

As I said in Cairo, suppressing ideas never succeeds in making them go away. The Iranian people will ultimately judge the actions of their own government. If the Iranian government seeks the respect of the international community, it must respect the dignity of its own people and govern through consent, not coercion.

Martin Luther King once said - "The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice." I believe that. The international community believes that. And right now, we are bearing witness to the Iranian peoples' belief in that truth, and we will continue to bear witness.

I agree with the President 100% with his statement to the Iranian government and I sincerely, with all my heart, for the sake of the Iranian people, hope their nation's government will stop all violence and compromise by having a fair and open election with perhaps the United Nations standing by to validate the results.

Now I'd like to discuss the President's statement to Iran in terms of our own leadership's actions. 

The world is watching President Obama, they're waiting to see if the United States means what it says; do we really believe in the truth?  Or will the world continue to bear witness against the coverup of abuse and torture during the past recent years of the Bush administration?

Will United State's leadership allow the American people and the world to hear the truth?  Will those involved be given the freedom to speak if they so choose and will those that are being protected by the government be forced to admit the truth about our  recent past or will you continue to believe that suppressing ideas will make them go away?

Will those that committed these abuses and torture ever see the inside of a prison for their crimes or will they forever be considered heros as some in these United States are still proclaiming them to be?


Am I obsessed with this topic - you might say that; then again, you might just say I'm for letting justice be served.  The longer we ignore the past, the less chances we have to get the 'whole' truth out.