21-04-2009, 01:19 PM
(This post was last modified: 01-05-2009, 08:04 PM by Peter Lemkin.)
David Guyatt Wrote:I suspect that targeting Bybee, as the NYT has done, is intended to deflect and diminish attention from more senior Bush Administration figures, i.e., shoot the messenger.
With one scalp taken everyone will settle down and breath a sigh of relief that justice has been done and, therefore, Obama can then focus entirely on the future.
If I were the controlling mind behind a campaign of torture I would be arrested, tried and sent to prison. If important and influential people do the same thing, the wagons get circled and some minor player gets scapegoated for appearance sake.
Point taken. 'Scalp 'em all' Impeach and try them ALL!!!!!!! Sadly, I think there will be either none taken to task, or one scapegoat.
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"Civil disobedience is not our problem. Our problem is civil obedience! People are obedient in the face of poverty, starvation, stupidity, war, and cruelty. Our problem is that grand thieves are running the country. That's our problem!" - Howard Zinn
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