We May Yet Put A Stop To What Is Destroying Our Country

Robin, who is paying a visit to the Occupy Wall Street site today, reminds me of the closing passage in my introduction to The Great Unraveling:

I have a vision – maybe just a hope—of a great revulsion: a moment when the American people look at what is happening, realize how their good will and patriotism have been abused, and put a stop to this drive to destroy much of what is best in our country. How and when this moment will come, I don’t know. But one thing is clear: it cannot happen unless we all make an effort to see and report the truth about what is happening.

Some of us thought 2008 might have been that moment, and have been disappointed. But the potential is still there.

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So, Are Prosecutors Going To Apologize To Dominique Strauss-Kahn For Destroying His Life?

Four months ago, New York law enforcement pulled Dominique Strauss-Kahn off an airplane and threw him into a jail cell, costing him his job and all-but-destroying his chances of becoming the next president of France.

Prosecutors said Strauss-Kahn had violently raped a woman.  Strauss-Kahn said he hadn't. Everyone believed the prosecutors, the way they generally do.

Soon, Strauss-Kahn was tossed into solitary confinement and forced to wear a suicide-prevention jacket.

Then, prosecutors decided that Strauss-Kahn was such a flight risk that he should be denied bail.

And so on.

Now, four months later, after shocking revelations destroyed Strauss-Kahn's accuser's credibility, it turns out the prosecutors are no longer confident that Dominique Strauss-Kahn did anything wrong. So they asked the judge to dismiss the charges. Which the judge has now done.

Thanks to the international visibility of this case, the affair has not only temporarily destroyed Dominique Strauss-Kahn's life—it has been a colossal embarrassment and disgrace in the eyes of the world.

So we have a simple question for the prosecutors:

Are you going to apologize to Dominique Strauss-Kahn?

Everyone makes mistakes. We're not suggesting the prosecutors acted in bad faith or anything. But when you make a mistake, it's customary to apologize—especially when your mistake costs someone his job and ambitions and temporarily destroys his reputation and life.

So will prosecutors apologize?

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