RE: The Torture Evidence Issue. Please consider this point. The torture

[Mike 03]

didn't happen on Obama's watch.

It does not reflect poorly on the United States. It reflects poorly on the Bush Administration.

What would reflect well on the U.S. now is for Obama to make this evidence public and apologize for it, and prosecute it.

What reflects poorly on Obama is for him to continue to practice the secrecy of Bush on this issue.

So, I think it is exactly the opposite.

We need, as a nation, to confess what we have done, clarify who the responsible parties were, say that we will never do this again, and make amends.

We are making things worse by trying to conceal evidence of these crimes.

ON EDIT:

I'm echoing what others are saying, and perhaps this does not merit yet another thread, but I just feel so passionately about this issue. I apologize for the repetition and addition of yet another thread. I'm just so shocked by some of the discussion here. It is so unlike DU, IMO.