> > As is the case with genocide, (so well described in this article), so does > lack of full accounatbility for torture encourage it in the future as a > precedent. > Example - when Obama was inaugurated in 2009, he was immediately brought > to CIA HQ and informed that the preceding US government of W Bush/Cheney > had violated international law concerning torture, both in Iraq at Abu > Gharib, and at Guantanamo. This treaty had been signed by the US > government, making it also a violation of US law. He announced to the press > that "we tortured some folks." When asked if he was going to seek > accountability for this crime by prosecution of all those responsible, > The Great Leader exclaimed > "We have to look forward, not backward." - i.e. - no accountability, which > would be an encouragement to all future torturers. > > As the Red Army and British troops were closing in on Berlin in May 1945, > they captured some leading Nazis and were going to execute them on the > spot. The US troops intervened and called for a public trial in front of > the world (Nuremberg) to achieve accountability. Obama represented a > different approach! > > >> https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/21/opinion/israel-gaza-palestinians-genocide.html >> <https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/21/opinion/israel-gaza-palestinians-genocide.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share> >> >>
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