After reading most of the Guantanamo Bay stories, I am more than ever skeptical about the international justice system.
I am especially irritated by the constant reference to America’s judicial system being fair, when people have been oppressed in this country for centuries, and it is still hard to find the silver lining.
If it is true that the American judicial branch of the government is so respectable because of landmark cases, how come there is little sign of improvement. After all, a judicial branch like any of a government is supposed to improve its procedures, and eliminate inadequacies, if so, how come the same injustices arise and it takes years to fix the obvious wrong that is being done.
My answer is a rather sarcastic one for lack of inspiration, I believe that the judicial branch directly reflects the people in power at the time and rarely remains impartial. Khan refers to the case of Japanese being sent to concentrations camps, and of one Japanese young man making a difference in the Supreme Court. Yes he did win the case, however thousands of Japanese were mistreated, and their rights were violated regardless of the verdict.
I believe that as long as the Americans believe that this country is free, and its government is one of the more just in the world, there is little chance of improvement. That is the reason why people need to hear about the stories of the Guantanamo Bay so that there could be a coalition of the people, and the system could change. Perhaps that is too idealistic, but it is still better than watching innocent people suffering not only on American soil, but on foreign soil in the name of “American” values.
to feed off of what you were saying I completely agree! it seems like ever since ive enter college my most of my classes have been geared towards in some way or another how the system of the United States's government isnt all what it says it is. I recently was told to watch a movie called the Killing room and it shows portrays real events that took place. another good movie that shows the corruption is Law abiding citizen. towards the end it gets off the point that i want to hit on. but the basis of the story is showing how messed up the judicial system is. how as long as there is money involved there is no such thing as a fair trial.
ReplyDeleteI completely agree with you that this country is not as fair and free as people believe it to be. It actually surprises me that this book was even published in the first place. I would think that the government would not want people to see that it is actually quite corrupt. I feel that more people need to read this book in order to realize that America is not all it is cracked up to be.
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