Thank you, President Obama, for 'MONTHS OF FIGHTING' to get the truth released to the public

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49. Then it is the fact he didn't express the issue in the manner you wanted him to

Much like people are angry when an MSNBC hosts doesn't say what they want them to? I find the concept alien. Again, my background is very different so I have never seen a President who would speak for me, so I have never expected one to do so. I can't imagine getting angry because I didn't like the way he discussed an issue. I would think policy would be more important, but I understand that many here are far more concerned with what politicians say than anything else. This is the transcript:

And my hope is, is that this report reminds us once again that the character of our country has to be measured in part not by what we do when things are easy, but what we do when things are hard. And when we engaged in some of these enhanced interrogation techniques, techniques that I believe and I think any fair-minded person would believe were torture, we crossed a line. And that needs to be -- that needs to be understood and accepted. And we have to, as a country, take responsibility for that so that, hopefully, we don't do it again in the future.

Seems a reasonable enough statement to me. However, if you only just figured out that this administration had decided to do nothing about prosecuting the Bush administration, you're catching on six years too late. I also become perplexed when outrage suddenly emerges over something most people--I thought anyone marginally interested--have known for a long time. Do I wish it were different? Absolutely. It will not be as long as we do not sign on to the International Criminal Court, however. There appears to be no prospect of that in our future. That, I hope you realize, requires congressional approval, as the Constitution requires for all treaties.

As for the larger issue of law regarding war crimes, I could well be wrong. If there are indictable crimes, I have no problem with prosecutions proceeding. However, that can't happen as long as we aren't signatories to the International Criminal court. However, since you have declared my view "propaganda," I expect you will provide evidence to show me that I am mistaken. It is highly uncivil to refer to someone with whom you disagree as engaging in propaganda. The civil thing to do is to say the person is mistaken and demonstrate why. However, I have noticed that you have a tendency to engage in name calling rather than provide actual evidence (for example, referring to me as a "centrist," in response to an analysis that was clearly Marxist in nature.) I can't help but thing that is because you lack the knowledge or initiative to find the necessary evidence, as your confused poll about "pardons" would suggest.