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Tuesday, February 17, 2009

The Never Ending Plea to Ignore War-Crimes

Rivkin and Casey are the latest disgusting establishment shills to argue this point, here in the WaPo:
Attempting to prosecute political opponents at home or facilitating their prosecution abroad, however much one disagrees with their policy choices while in office, is like pouring acid into our democratic machinery. As the history of the late, unlamented independent counsel statute taught, once a Pandora's box is opened, its contents can wreak havoc equally across the political and party spectrum. If, for example, al-Qaeda is nothing more than a criminal conspiracy -- as some have claimed for many years -- President Obama's charge sheet has already been started. By authorizing continued Predator missile attacks against al-Qaeda leaders in Afghanistan and Pakistan, he has directly targeted those "civilians" with deadly force. That is a war crime.


This sounds quite a bit like a threat to Obama that there will be payback if he pursues criminal charges against Bushco. But you know what? Let's seek justice and let the chips fall where they may. Crimes are crimes. Torture is a crime, it has nothing to do with "policy choices" or being a political opponent.

2 Comments:

Blogger K.L. Ashley said...

"once a Pandora's box is opened, its contents can wreak havoc equally across the political and party spectrum"

No havoc now?? Get the box opened. Long overdue. Those that have nothing to hide will welcome it.

11:23 AM  
Blogger Ningen said...

" By authorizing continued Predator missile attacks against al-Qaeda leaders in Afghanistan and Pakistan, he has directly targeted those 'civilians' with deadly force."

These missile attacks are more about keeping supply lines open that about attacking "al-Qaeda," which the targets likely are not members of. At least that's what I suspect. If so, the targets may be ununiformed, but they are military targets and not connected with the 9/11 criminal conspiracy.

11:29 PM  

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