Ten Commandments for America in the 21st Century

Tom Engelhardt thinks that the following commandments would help us out.

• 1. Thou shalt not torture. 
• 2. Thou shalt not send drones to assassinate anyone, American or not.
• 3. Thou shalt not invade another country.
• 4. Thou shalt not occupy another country.
• 5. Thou shalt not upgrade thy nuclear arsenal. 
• 6. Thou shalt not intercept the communications of thy citizens or others all over the world or pursue the elaboration of a global surveillance state based on criminal acts. 
• 7. Thou shalt not be free of punishment for crimes of state.
• 8. Thou shalt not use a massive system of secret classification to deprive Americans of all real knowledge of acts of state.
• 9. Thou shalt not act punitively toward those who want to let Americans in on what the national security state is doing in their name. 
• 10. Thou shalt not infringe on the rights of the citizenry to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.