How Do We Justify Indicting Roger Clemens For Lying But Not Indicting Those Persons Who Authorized a

[babsbunny]

How Do We Justify Indicting Roger Clemens For Lying But Not Indicting Those Persons Who Authorized and Directed Torture?

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/judge-h-lee-sarokin/rumsfeld-torture_b_928360.html

Judge H. Lee Sarokin

Retired in 1996 after 17 years on the federal bench

Isn't it ironic that Roger Clemons is indicted for lying to Congress about steroid use, while those who authorized and directed the use of torture remain uncharged and unpunished? For the first time a United States Court has permitted a case of torture to proceed. The United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit has permitted two Americans employed in Iraq to sue Donald Rumsfeld. They allege they were whistleblowers regarding illegal activity (including weapons trafficking) by their employer, and were detained and tortured by the U.S. Military as a result. They eventually were released without explanation or charges against them. (New York Times 8/4/11)

Virtually all other civil cases have been dismissed on the grounds of "state secrets" or "national security." Which translates into: we do not want anyone to know what we were doing. I think that there are a number of reasons these cases are not being pursued or allowed to proceed. First, we would prefer that there be no public, particularly international, airing of our conduct in this regard.

[gratuitous]

1. Well, what's more important?

The integrity of Major League Baseball or the conduct of our national affairs in the world community? Priorities.

We don't want a public airing of our war crimes because that would be a black eye for our national religion. The rest of the world is well aware of American atrocities; certainly our victims and their survivors know what we've done. But the real aim of all this is to protect the U.S. military image from being tarnished in the eyes of the public that finances it so lavishly.

It is a national disgrace.

[The2ndWheel]

2. The US Government was the last power standing after the 20th century

The US Government basically set up the world system that we currently have. It is never going to face any penalty. Nothing too serious anyway. It will and can do what it wants, when it wants. People will drive themselves crazy thinking otherwise.

[indepat]

3. It is the new brand of American justice, the equal justice under the law, as practiced in a

RW nation pursuing a RW PNAC agenda including global hegemony. Now everyone shut up and eat your peas. :patriot:

[dgibby]

4. What a sad indictment for the nation we have become.

Breaks my heart.