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Originally Posted by Downthestretch55
SF,
Your response was long and thoughtful.
Many of your questions deserve answers.
Regrets that I'm not privy to the information you seek.
OK...
Let's start with the assertion that both parties endorsed going to war with Iraq.
Has the "intelligence" provided for such been called to question as being faulty? Who provided it? Answer, the same guy that said it would be a "slam dunk". A Bush CIA appointee.
Who appointed the prvious Sec of Defense?
Yes, the American people are demanding answers. There is nothing wrong with that.
I disagree with you in that I think that Nixon should have been held accountable for his decisions rather than accepting a pardon from Ford (an admission of guilt).
The United States set precedent at Nuremburg, and the rest of the world saw. Times have changed, but the standards haven't.
In my view, the only way the USA can regain any semblance of credibility with the countries with which we share this planet is to hold our leaders, those who have made decisions that affect those others as well as ourselves,
to be held accountable for their decisions that were sold based on lies, that were bought by a fearful populace after 9-11, and that no amount of name calling will excuse their actions in any court of law.
The dead don't speak.
The murderers should answer.
The world is watching.
The world is waiting.
As you said, "We all deserve that."
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It's a good argument...my response has to be in the form of a question though....do you really think that if we prosecuted members of the Bush Administration for "war crimes" or other misdeeds that the countries of the world would really care? Would it be seen as anything more than symbolic? Isn't the only way to undo the mistakes of the past is to chart a new course, new policies, new attitudes toward the world community? Tangible instead of symbolic...drug availability for AIDS victims, food for the starving, respect for all beliefs and a place at the table for the disenfranchised?