Will Barack Obama really not prosecute for war crimes? According to the AP:
"Barack Obama's incoming administration is unlikely to bring criminal charges against government officials who authorized or engaged in harsh interrogations of suspected terrorists during the George W. Bush presidency. Obama, who has criticized the use of torture, is being urged by some constitutional scholars and human rights groups to investigate possible war crimes by the Bush administration.
"Two Obama advisers said there's little — if any — chance that the incoming president's Justice Department will go after anyone involved in authorizing or carrying out interrogations that provoked worldwide outrage."
I get that he wants everyone to come together, but since when is his or anyone's benevolence above the law? Is it morally, or even spiritually, arrogant to forgive crimes perpetrated against someone else? Would it be outrageously politically arrogant as leader of our country to allow torture done in the name of the United States to go unpunished? (We know that G.W. did, but we really didn't like it, did we? We tried to vote for the opposite, didn't we?)
Thomas More said a long time ago, “I would uphold the law if for no other reason but to protect myself.”
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Let's see, #1 severing heads from prisoners, #2 stoning men and women to death, #3 killing women suspected of infidelity or relations out of wedlock #4 hanging Americans from a bridge and setting their bodies on fire #5 killing villagers and throwing their bodies into the river these things are not torture. But water boarding, looking a womens' bare breasts, loud rock music, a sleepless night (which many college students, doctors serving their internship at hospitals, due all the time), this is considered torture by the many bleeding hearts of our great country.
ReplyDeleteI could go on for hours on this subjects but I will not.
why aren't any of those things you numbered torture?
ReplyDeletebecause they are the work of enemy of the US military and the news media is afraid to call it torture because that might insult enemy.
ReplyDeletewe are pretty gentle with the enemy. (who's the enemy again?) torture is torture and the u.s. shouldn't do it. regardless of who else does it. and partly because others do it. part of the reason we shouldn't torture is to reduce the risk of our own soldiers being tortured. we have the biggest military, we're invading sovereign nations, and now we torture and hold prisoners without trial. do you think that's good for our soldiers when they're captured?
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