Here’s a little reminder that it is possible to hold political leaders accountable for their actions, even decades after their crimes were committed. Of course, it isn’t the sort of thing a serious nation would do.
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Martin Longman a contributing editor at the Washington Monthly. He is also the founder of Booman Tribune and Progress Pond. He has a degree in philosophy from Western Michigan University.
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This is O/T, but the Argentinians have another reason to be proud today:
Gay marriage in Argentina is 1st in Latin America
A people and a government following high standards…
Accountability for torturists and granting equal rights for the gay. Bravo!
I hate seeing my country fall from being the world’s leader to the world’s bully. So sad.
Maybe our children will have the drive to actually prosecute Dick Cheney. Needless to say, any punishment arising from such a proceeding will involve a stake through his heart.
Wouldn’t the next administration, that would be the current administration, be responsible for pursuing justice against the criminality of the George Bush years?
By the way, much of the Argentinian bestiality was supported by Operation Condor, a joint program with our CIA and numerous Latin American regimes. That was George H. W. Bush.
My comments were snark.
Gee, and I thought that the “maybe, someday” comment was snark.
But isn’t it the current administration’s responsibility to prosecute past wrongdoing?
That would suggest that either the Obama and his Administration is complicit in abetting past illegalities or powerless to do anything about it. Which would suggest that how Obama negotiates health care is the least of our worries.
Funny thing – this same comment popped up in the WaPo thread. I smell troll.
Oh right, because he’s protecting the war criminals instead.
And you DARE to have a “liberal” blog that doesn’t point that out?
WTF is wrong with you?
“Hey look, maybe some day we can prosecute these people!”
You don’t mention that it should be NOW. You just say “some day”.
That’s it, give us “HOPE”.
Asshole.
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From your link …
But in 2005, Argentina’s Supreme Court annulled the amnesties, and a revitalized judicial system began to prosecute.
"But I will not let myself be reduced to silence."
I have caught a few sessions of the inquiry into Iraq that the British are holding.
Very informative.
Right now they are showing reruns because they are out for xmas holidays.
I was struck by how conversational and non posturing these inquiries are.
As such they are getting loads of information and even some good asides like Cheney being the one who ran things.
I think we have not due to the dysfunctional senate and congress. It would just be nothing more then partisan games and not a serious hearing.
The repubs would see as payback for clinton and then they would spend the rest of their time looking for a way to Impeach Obama as payback for Bush, on and on and on.
Until there is real grown ups in our senate and congress, I think we might be better off not doing a hearing right now.
We first need to fix our politics.
As a later baby boomer I lay alot of this at the feet of my own generation