tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11093162.post701627436962564642..comments2024-03-23T19:16:01.555-07:00Comments on Can it happen here?: Left fringe musings on torture and war crimesjaninsanfranhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07548452260456734928noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11093162.post-74646610500169208072008-06-28T06:38:00.000-07:002008-06-28T06:38:00.000-07:00Tim Rutten seems not to have read the Constitution...Tim Rutten seems not to have read the Constitution. There is a third alternative to elections and prosecution, provided for just the sort of circumstances in which we found ourselves in January 2007.<BR/><BR/>But the complicity of the Democratic "leadership" <I>would</I> have come out in impeachment hearings, and much else besides, thanks to the amount of domestic political spying this regime has done.<BR/><BR/>So now we live for judicial justice, because the torture policy can't be allowed to go unpunished. We're not facing the same kinds of alternatives as Ugandans, who would choose justice if it didn't get in the way of life-sustaining needs.Nellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01969732734453586544noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11093162.post-15043930456522191162008-06-22T10:19:00.000-07:002008-06-22T10:19:00.000-07:00Great essay. We also need to see the press enabler...Great essay. We also need to see the press enablers of torture, murder and war PERMANENTLY ostracized and rmeoved from their jobs too, or the horror will just continue with the same damned cast. And that includes idiots like Mr. Rutten and his Chicago gangster boss, Sam ZellCivic Centerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12362422142667230626noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11093162.post-686020579795108862008-06-22T08:05:00.000-07:002008-06-22T08:05:00.000-07:00Thanks Jan,It's important that you continue to spe...Thanks Jan,<BR/><BR/>It's important that you continue to speak out against torture.<BR/><BR/>You are not alone.sfwilliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16374352476617643661noreply@blogger.com