Prosecute War Crimes? Nope.

[rispacooper]

Dear Obama (you typical shady, lying politician),

Not holding anyone accountable for torture and then patting yourself on the back for ending it is a big bag of hypocritical bullshit. Using the excuse that those who tortured others were acting with the guidance and approval of the Justice Department is another steaming pile of crap. As the Right Honourable Stephen Colbert (and his team of writers) have pointed out, the idea that just following orders makes horrendous acts acceptable has not been allowed since the Nuremburg Trials.

And though many claims about those trials fairness have been made in the following years, one idea has emerged from them and remained over the years. That just following orders does not make it okay. That in a situation like that, *everyone* who allowed it to happen is accountable, but especially those that *gave the orders*.

In other words (even though not once did I ever vote for Bush or his friends) all of America is partly to blame and has to accept that. And if the average person must take part of the blame, than those who were in charge absolutely MUST be held accountable. Otherwise as a government and a country we can make no further claims to right, or to justice.



Anyone wishing to know what the hell I'm talking about: Obama's policy on accountability

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[pir8fancier.livejournal.com]

You need to mosey on over to Glenn Greenwald at salon.com (I swear if my parts weren't lasered out, I'd have this man's babies). He has a recent article on why this whole issue isn't Obama's business. In fact, this is not an executive decision but a DOJ decision. That doesn't mean that he isn't trying to have his cake and eat it too, and I'm disgusted by it. I nearly had a stroke this morning over the S.F. Chronicle and that horrible, horrible woman Debra Saunders. Justifying torture.

[rispacooper.livejournal.com]

Doesn't the DOJ take its cues from the West Wing though?

[pir8fancier.livejournal.com]

They aren't SUPPOSED to. Check out Joan Walsh's column over on salon today. Greenwald also makes additional arguments about this today as well. We are so used to the political overwhelming the judicial branch of the government because of the previous administration's complete disregard for the Constitution, that we EXPECT the West Wing to be calling the shorts. Nope. They aren't supposed to. That's the point of the DOJ.

[rispacooper.livejournal.com]

Did you see Shepard Smith's little explosion? It was pretty good.

[rispacooper.livejournal.com]

Which by the way, now actually makes me want some pundit RPS with him. You know he was the desperate guy, doing whatever it took to get ahead, siding with assholes, all the while with this secret little honorable core that he kept hidden from the world, and suddenly he just couldn't take anymore and snapped and the real man came out for a second.

God I love imaginary backstory.