It's important to note that people--a lot of people--were saying this at the time, and predicting exactly what is happening now, and were called anti-American lovers of terrorism for holding that position, mostly by people who are still given platforms today to tell us we're overreacting.
I'm more convinced than ever that the country lost its soul at Guantanamo.
It's where state sanctioned torture & permanent detention without due proces we're normalized.
It's patient zero for the bipartisan disregard for international norms and the rule of law that defines our moment.
