There has been much debate and controversy surrounding the torture memo's, Obama's decision to release them and his decision on whether or not to prosecute those responsible.  

I do not pretend to be anywhere near as versed on these issues as the many of the bloggers/commentators I have been reading.  

This post is not to debate the valid points previously discussed.  This post is not intended to be political in nature - about agenda's, power plays, who knew what, who did what or even who deserves what. 

It is about the elephant in the room of public opinion - the pesky issue of every action/decision having an equal and opposite reaction.  That the laws of nature and humanity are outside our scope of control. Adversely, this situation, like all situations, CAN NOT be molded into a win/win for all.  There are alway winners and always losers - there is no way around it - nothing is ever completely equitable - nothing is fair!

It is hard to accept this.  Hard to accept that the proverbial 'playing field' can never be truly level and that no matter what, 'the score' is in a perpetual state of unsettle.  Frustratingly enough, there is not one goddamn thing that you, me, our country as a whole, OR President Obama can do about it.

The best President Obama (or anyone for that matter) can do is make a thoughtful, researched decision.  A decision that in the end, has the least adverse affects, on the least amount of innocent people.  Just as the best we could do as a country was make a thoughtful, researched decision on who we want making tough decisions such as these on our behalf.  I feel we could not have done better in this area.

Any perceived unfairness is hard to accept. I used to hate it when my mom would tell me, 'Life isn't fair'!  I want fair!  We all do! It's human nature to try and skirt this 'fairness' bullshit by attempting to marginalize everything into - black or white.  We take comfort in our perceived control.  We pat ourselves on the back when we feel we 'have cracked the case' and found a way to right the wrongs.  We focus on the one or two facets of an issue and become blind to the big picture.  We never reflect on the fallout, the domino effect, that righting one small aspect of a much larger picture, has caused.  It has got to be FAIR!  Justice for all, right?  

There are a lot of people angry at Obama right now.  They are saying he is making decisions based solely on politics or that he is skirting the issues.  What they do not realize is that they are actually angry at him for not playing their marginalization game.  They want him to narrow his scope and just right these wrongs, already!  After all, that is what we as a country have become accustomed to thanks to our former leaders.  The, 'Hey everyone!  Look at the shiny object!' approach to governing.  We all stare at the pretty object that has been hung over our heads while thousands of people suffer (or in the case of Iraq, die) because of the consequences caused by this one faceted decision that we have all feel so good about.  We sleep soundly at night, approval ratings skyrocket, and we never turn around to see the carnage that was left in our wake.  Pretty shiny - 911!  

Deep down we all know that nothing is all black and nothing is all white.  We fear that mom was right, life really isn't fair.  We know the only 'justice' that can be counted on is that found through your own spirituality - faith - your consciousness - your soul - karma - The Universal Powers that be.

No matter what decision Obama makes I am confident that it will not be one-dimensional and that he is the best man, no, the only man for this job.  I know that it is not fair to us as a country to not see the Bush administration officials punished in the we see fit. Just as I really start to feel sorry for us and our guilty consciouses, I realized that it is also not fair that so many innocent Iraqi's have died, that Obama inherited this mess and that Bush will never have to pay for his atrocities.  He will live out his days in the lap of luxury and although his soul will know the truth, he will never gather the courage to turn to see his personal wake of carnage.

Life just really isn't fair, is it? Too bad for us.  We should all quit waiting for our due.  It's not coming.