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CIA Committed 'War Crimes,' Bush Official Says

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iossarian4/05/2012 2:06:02 pm PDT

re: #6 The Ghost of a Ghost of a Ghost of a Ghost

Yes. They’re clowns, and those who still believe them are wicked fools.

I understand Obama didn’t have much leeway - or desire, for that matter. But not throwing torturers and those who ordered torture in prison is still a mistake.

I have to be careful how I phrase this, otherwise it’s tinfoil hat time.

But I do think that Obama and more generally the Democrats in Washington are of the opinion that any such action would lead to such a massive backlash from the Republicans (in the form of political impeachments on even more absurdly trivial grounds, purely for starters) that they don’t feel they can do anything here without severely damaging the US political process.

And to be honest, to some extent I agree with that position. As sucky as it is, it may be the better position to take for the promotion of long-term responsible government.

Hate the fact that the bastards got away with it. Oh well, they’ll be dead soon.