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name: Yuram Abdullah Weiler
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Thoughts, comments and reflections of an American Muslim on America, US Foreign policy in the Middle East and the so-called War on Terror; examining the double standards, contradictions and repercussions from a perspective of social justice and human rights.
This Is My Country?
28 June, 2007
Recently, my son graduated from high school and I had the pleasure of being with him for the entire ceremony. The event started off with the requisite singing of the “Star Spangled Banner,” the US national anthem, and for the first time in my life, I found the courage to sit in protest. Why? Because I’m deeply disturbed by what the flag of United States has come to symbolize to me personally and to other nations in the international community. I’m appalled and disgusted by the hypocrisy the United States displays by violating both domestic and international law,[1] such as by wiretapping without warrants, using torture on prisoners of war and denying a speedy trial to those imprisoned in the name of the “War on Terror,” while lauding itself as the champion of democracy and defender of human rights. After the “Star Spangled Banner,” the choir sang “This is My Country.” I had to ask myself, “Is this my country?”
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