Now that Cheney is a blatant traitor, what excuses for not prosecuting are there?

[mullard12ax7]

I'm sure we'll hear them all from every blowhard propaganda tool out there. It sure would be nice, if not just, moral and reasonable, to expect war criminals and conspirators against the American people held responsible for their crimes. I guess I just live in "far left-ville", the same place 72% of Americans live who want to survive via basic medical care.

[flvegan]

1. I'm guessing complicitness and spinelessness are among the top 5 reasons.

[WillieW]

2. One reason I read is that it would interfere and distract from Obama's agenda

[pleah]

21. I've heard that one, too, and it is BS, imo. nt

[noise]

3. The tried and true "good faith" defense

US leaders ALWAYS act in good faith. It's just like Iran-Contra. Even though all the evidence pointed to anything but good faith, the defense was that super patriotic officials broke all sorts of laws for a good reason. The ends justified the means. Of course the "honorable" ends turned out to be drug trafficking and weapons deals.

We have already heard for years from respected journalists that Bush/Cheney counterterrorism policies are best understood as a overreaction to 9/11. This despite the fact that all the public evidence in relation to torture indicates it did not work as advertised. One would think if the CIA was truly proud of their torture program that they would be all too happy to release the IG report. The just released warrantless surveillance IG report also suggests that it was not very effective in relation to providing the FBI and CIA with actionable leads.

It's weird how the patriotism of Bush and Cheney was not questioned more often. We saw for years how it was just the opposite. Despite the fact that these two men called for the overthrowing of US representative democracy (in word and deed) it seemed that the only traitors to be found were people who dared to suggest that the emperor had no clothes.

[omega minimo]

4. Not enough Recs

:shrug:

[mullard12ax7]

5. It won't get recs, it's not about MJ or un-recs

It's just a simple request to prosecute America's worst criminals in history which is old news, we're all supposed to just forget about war crimes because our pretty little minds can't be bothered with such ugliness.

[omega minimo]

14. Why was Impeachment Off The Table?

[HCE SuiGeneris]

20. Hush now. We must not go there.

Move forward. Look ahead. No need to reopen old wounds. Everything is fine. Let's focus on the future.



;(

[omega minimo]

22. The past is the future. Same lame reasons for not impeaching Nixon, Reagan/Bush, Bush/Cheney....

our legacy of criminality and complicity. :puke:

[HCE SuiGeneris]

25. This nation cannot survive without remedying the past mistakes

and holding the culprits accountable. We have no more wiggle room for even-greater despotic raiders in control of our government.

[omega minimo]

26. They are there.

[HCE SuiGeneris]

27. And, they wear many hats...

*sigh* x(

[Raster]

28. Of course now, we can impeach Clinton for lying about a blow job...

...but private wars, high treason and electoral fraud? Oh no, let's not go there.

[GreenPartyVoter]

19. That must be it!

[gordianot]

6. No excuses, is it possible the programs have not been dismantled?

How deep is the rot, even the Director of the CIA appears to not be informed an amazing admission.

[spanone]

7. i bet cheney has a file on every person in congress & all the possible judges he may face

[travelingtypist]

8. The one I heard today that beat all.

If we prosecute, we'll be just like any banana republic. In banana republics, the new people always arrest, try, and convict their predecessors just because they can. Not for any real crimes or anything.

:puke:

[spanone]

9. truth is, if we don't prosecute, we're no better than a banana republic

[travelingtypist]

13. I can't remember if it was a GOP mouthpiece or a "objective"

commentator who said it, but it seemed like people were nodding yeah, yeah, like what you say isn't reality. It was mindblowing.

[Odin2005]

10. DLCers might get kicked out of "The Family".

[RufusTFirefly]

11. Time to look forward?

Reach out to the traitors across the aisle in the spirit of bipartisanship?

Besides, it's clear that Darth doesn't know better. I mean, he can't even dress himself!

[nadinbrzezinski]

12. It comes to one: EMPIRE

once you understand that, you understand why all of this is just sound and fury that will come to nothing.

[Senator]

15. Because it's merely a "policy" difference, which the traitor was merely "wrong" about.

And we have to "look away forward" to hanging our new "agenda" drapes, whether or not the house in engulfed in flames.

Torture? Murder-by-torture? Illegal spying? Terrorizing Americans into war with lies of "mushroom clouds! in 45 minutes"? http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x6047413">Shadow Government?

Too much drama for Obama.

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[InkAddict]

16. Why, it would tear the country apart....

Isn't that how we got a President no citizen voted For(d). :sarcasm:

[Greybnk48]

17. No excuses. If you're wealthy in America and in the "right" social circle,

you are at the very least exempt from laws and taxes. It's become ridiculous.

[ControlledDemolition]

18. Even Benedict Annold was well intentioned!

:sarcasm:

[humanahumana]

23. he's part of the protected class...

that's about all i can think of :shrug:

[gimama]

24. [e-mail]

#202-514-2001
JUSTICE, pleeeease!