Pursue Them to The Grave-Accountability -- Personal, Civil, Criminal & International Accountability.

[kpete]

Pursue Them - Pursue Them to The Grave
by Stephen Pizzo | Oct 30 2007 - 3:07pm

Those us of a certain age have been here and done this before. And many of us wonder how we could possibly allowed ourselves to be sucked into it again. And then it dawned on me this weekend -- the one critical thing we did not learn from our disastrous Vietnam experience. It's not what we did, but what we failed to do. And that one thing is the reason for nearly everything that's gone so terribly wrong in Iraq and our so-called "war on terror."

....................

Accountability -- personal, civil, criminal and international accountability.

We forced just that on Nazi government, officials, military and collaborators after WW II. And we insisted on it for the Khmer Rouge butchers of Cambodia. We even imposed it on the leaders we deposed in Iraq who are, one by one, being tried and hung for the crimes they committed against Shiites in Iraq.

....................

The only way to make sure that is not the future we hand to our kids and grandkids is for you and I and the international community to dedicate ourselves to the notion that January 21, 2009 is not the end of anything, but just the beginning. To pledge we will pursue civil and criminal justice against the men and women directly and personally responsible for the crimes committed in Iraq -- and right here at home.

And if that means pursuing them to their graves, as the citizens of Chile have done to General Pinochet, well -- bring it on.

more at:
http://www.smirkingchimp.com/thread/10723

[Lars39]

1. K&R

Damn right.

[Purveyor]

2. Most of the key criminals are relatively young, allowing plenty of time to make their lives a living

hell.

Thank you for posting this. K&R

[PoiBoy]

3. Excellent.. Excellent... Excellent post...

Justice and Accountability are the first steps in healing our Nation and the world from the toxicity of this misadministration..., IMO..

In light of the relulctance of our Congress and Senate to do something.. anything.. to put the brakes on BushCo's agenda, I'd like to lobby the international community to step up and begin War Crimes investigations fo BushCo... of course, an indictment or two would certainly make my day...

Thank you for the link... and the post!

[Demeter]

4. Proud to Be 5th K&R

It is to the death and beyond! W and Darth have killed far too many people and futures to get away from Retribution.

[2 Much Tribulation]

5. Remember the phrase "enemies of mankind" (it was forgotten for a few years, is coming back now)

and in a way that US officials likely won't appreciate, because they also forgot all about US positions on human rights for most of two centuries, where we led the way for the world

[indepat]

7. Hear! hear!

[OnceUponTimeOnTheNet]

6. K&R