The Dumpster Fire of Obama's Moral Authority

[mindwalker_i]

354. So your argument now is that it would be hard?

People will not like it - a.k.a. Republicans - so we should do what we always do and wimp out, not pursue it?

the convention against torture is very clear: it isn't ok, period. We have the senior administration officials, Cheney in particular, who admitted to doing it and, in fact, said it was a great thing. The case is pretty ironclad. As for the guy who justified it, go back to the convention against torture: it isn't ok, period.

In the bigger picture, America has lost its was with respect to justice. Businesses get away with some pretty serious stuff, there was recently a case posted here where a rich guy got a couple months in jail for molesting children because he "was a value to the community," and we have the Bush admin committing torture. That's big stuff. Not prosecuting it sends us further down the road of being a nation where the rich and powerful are not bound by laws. Saying that it would be hard, or that there are other factors, is, in essence, advocating for this system.