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In reply to the discussion: Should Dubya have been impeached? [View all]Solly Mack
(90,765 posts)And tried for war crimes. And not just him, of course.
He and Cheney both admitted to torture. Waterboarding is torture and absolutely anyone pretending it isn't is a liar or a fool....or complicit.
Alas, America has a hypocrisy problem. Not to mention wanting to believe it is something it isn't. "Good guys" don't torture. Nations who actually value human rights don't torture. And they don't pretend they didn't know better or that somehow it's debatable or that it is somehow legal to do the illegal because some obsequious toadie says it's legal. (A nation with integrity indicts the toadie as well.) And they don't pretend that sending money to tsunami victims somehow washes away the war crimes. (i.e. that doing a good somehow mitigates the war crimes committed)
Oh, well. Not like it matters.