Any Country

Any Country

Any country that abducts a man for exercising his 1^st Amendment Constitutional right is not a great country. His name is Mahmoud Khalil. He is a lawful permanent resident of the United States. He should be freed immediately.

Any country that holds people in torture conditions in ICE facilities is not a great country. To do things such as keeping the lights on at all hours, not providing blankets beyond a foil covering, not answering questions that should be answered is wrong. These are inhumane actions and unacceptable conditions for any location.

Any country that detains anyone without cause and holds them in inhumane locations under torture conditions is not a great country.

Any country that sanctions the genocide of the Palestinian people is not a great country.

Any country that sanctions the genocide of any people is not a great country.

Any country that treats legitimate travelers as enemies is not a great country.

Any country that allows the president to flagrantly dismiss and disregard the Constitution the country was built upon is not a great country.

Any country that treats people from other places as less is not a great country.

Any country that treats the poorer people of its country as less is not a great country.  

Any country that breaks trust with its ally in a time of extreme need and mocks its leader is not a great country.

Any country that turns on its allies and sides with dictators is not a great country.

Any country that separates children from their parents during deportation is not a great country.

Any country that governs by fear, distrust, misinformation, and division is not a great country.

Any country that allows money to speak louder than basic, decent humanity is not a great country.

Any country that tries to erase the deeds of those who are people of color or women and only showcases white men’s exploits is not a great country.

Any country that prepares to cut health benefits to millions of people without an alternate plan in place to take care of those people with the purpose of providing trillions of dollars in tax breaks for already rich people and big corporations is not a great country.

Any country where people of a certain skin color, religion, lifestyle, and set of beliefs act as if and believe that they should have inalienable rights but those fellow citizens of different skin color, religion, lifestyles, and set of beliefs should not is not a great country.

Any country who uses punitive measures and ignores due process is not a great country.

Any country where people, for any reason, are denied the basic rights of water, food, and shelter is not a great country.

Any country that behaves as this country has behaved and is behaving towards its own citizens and the citizens of the world is not a great country.

Any country is this country and it is not great. More than that, the actions being performed will not make it great.