"Sorry about ruining your life but shit happens"

At least that seems to be the attitude of US Representative Dana Rohrbacher (R - CA) as he questions Maher Arar last week over Mr. Arar's illegal abduction by American intelligence and torture by their Syrian sub-contractors. (In Rep. Rohrbacher's defence his position is one teeny tiny bit better than the White House position which is, perhaps more simply, just "shit happens".



Watching this makes me wonder if we should be ashamed, as a country, that a victim of abuse and torture at our hands communicates more thoughtfully and rationally than our elected representative.