On Dec 4, 2008, at 8:34 PM, Lawrence Sica wrote: > > On Dec 4, 2008, at 3:37 PM, Kevin Callahan wrote: > >> >> http://www.commondreams.org/view/2008/12/04-8 >> >> <snippet> >> A few months ago, Holder was even more explicit. "Our government >> authorized the use of torture, approved of secret electronic >> surveillance against American citizens, secretly detained American >> citizens without due process of law, denied the writ of habeas corpus >> to hundreds of accused enemy combatants and authorized the use of >> procedures that violate both international law and the United States >> Constitution," he said. "We owe the American people a reckoning." >> >> The day of reckoning is fast upon us. >> >> If Obama and Holder want to adhere to our Constitution and uphold our >> highest values, they must pursue those in the Bush Administration who >> violated that Constitution, broke our laws, and tarnished our values. >> >> Read the words of Lt. Gen. Antonio M. Taguba, who investigated the >> Abu >> Ghraib scandal for the Pentagon. "There is no longer any doubt as to >> whether the current administration has committed war crimes," he >> concluded. "The only question that remains to be answered is whether >> those who ordered the use of torture will be held to account." >> >> </snippet> > > Interesting but we have to be careful here. We need to be measured in > any pursuit along this course. Destroying the nation in pursuit of > this would be foolish. Sometimes the best is to let certain dogs > lie. That said I do think some sort of accountability needs to be > enforced, I am just not sure what. > > --Larry
I feel the same -- not sure of the best path .. maybe wait it out a few years and then send them off to one of their places of business _______________________________________________ OSX-Nutters mailing list | [email protected] http://lists.tit-wank.com/mailman/listinfo/osx-nutters List hosted at http://cat5.org/
