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In reply to the discussion: The Dumpster Fire of Obama's Moral Authority [View all]Fred Sanders
(23,946 posts)"We tortutred some folks" is somehow evil and outrageous, but "we tortured some people", that would have been perfect?
So he used an odd word to describe the tortured populace, a word he commonly uses in place of the word " people". Ask him why he has this odd speech pattern....
You know misunderstanding tone is the root of 90% of conflict in humans?
You just fell into that pit. His tone when he said it was not one of apology or defiance or satisfaction. You should replay the tape.
And a lot of folks were a lot scared back then as he said. Of course in retrospective the people should not have been pooping in their pants and should have seen the obvious lies, but the media wall to wall propaganda fear mongering was incredible....it showed so many the awesome power of corporations and government becoming one.
Remember the Dixie Chicks who dared to dissent? Kicked all the way to Europe to dissent and protest without being assassinated.
Bless them all, we need them again.
I know we all want prosecution for the war crimes, but look at the example of
Chile, many others.....it took a full generation for justice to begin to be served in Chile.
It is the way of the imperfect world of humans.
The wheel of justice turns even more slowly on the rich and powerful, but it turns.