Torture memos

Originally Posted by classicman

She is being used as a pawn in a political game. See it for what it is - PLEASE.

Bullshit.

It is not a political game to expect the president/vice/president/attorney general/sec of defense to abide by their constitutional oath and uphold the law....not conspire to break the law.

The bastards all deserve to be prosecuted IF there is compelling evidence that they conspired to circumvent US laws and treaty obligations....and without pre-judging, it is looking more and more like that evidence is out there.

My only point is that I believe such prosecution might be counter-productive.

Another example.....Unlike Nixon, who when it was clear he broke the law and engaged in a criminal conspiracy, had maybe 10 people in the country who stood behind him....Cheney (probably more than Bush/Rumseld) has tens of millions of wingnuts who would still believe he did nothing wrong despite the facts and IMO, could potentially create such a destructive and disruptive environment that the country would suffer.

Sugar:
In terms of explaining to the rest of the world, Obama has made it clear to allies and adversaries alike that such practices are no longer the policy of the US....he authorized closing Gitmo, he issued an EO ending the authorization for such interrogation techniques, and restored the US commitment to the law and treaty obligations.

The release of the memos is further reaffirmation...by disclosing our illegal acts to the world and saying NO MORE.

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Originally Posted by Redux

Sugar:
In terms of explaining to the rest of the world, Obama has made it clear to allies and adversaries alike that such practices are no longer the policy of the US....he authorized closing Gitmo, he issued an EO ending the authorization for such interrogation techniques, and restored the US commitment to the law and treaty obligations.

The release of the memos is further reaffirmation...by disclosing our illegal acts to the world and saying NO MORE.

Redux, the only problem with that, is next time some country does something we don't like, we will apply that double standard again and demand people be held accountable. You get my point, right?