The Tortured Soul

It’s hard to love this country I live in. A land that embraces torture. This mural of the Abu Ghraib scandal depicts what America has come to stand for, replacing that of the Statue of Liberty. Before the image on the right became etched into every conscious memory, the idea of what America stood for was liberty. Today it's no doubt the tortured soul of Abu Ghraib and the unspeakable atrocities of Guantánamo Bay, Cuba.