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upaloopa

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24. We were powerless to intervene.

Reply to japple (Reply #23)

Wed Dec 10, 2014, 06:22 PM

Dec 2014

If you are honest with yourself you know as well as I that we could speak up but that is all.
Just as now you can't punish the perps. You can say what you will but you can't do anything about it then or now.

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We're fucked for the foreseeable future... [View all] Javaman Dec 2014 OP

K&R.... daleanime Dec 2014 #1

Not to mention many of the Khmer Rouge received light sentences for their atrocities derby378 Dec 2014 #2

People here forget that Pol Pot was considered the USA's dear and trusted ally! truedelphi Dec 2014 #9

Just as Saddam Hussein once was. subterranean Dec 2014 #18

+1 nt Matrosov Dec 2014 #21

Not to mention the racists and the ignorant PAProgressive28 Dec 2014 #3

There are people on this site defending torture nichomachus Dec 2014 #10

America is not a torture report. America is much more. upaloopa Dec 2014 #4

that's not how the world veiws us...sadly. nt Javaman Dec 2014 #17

Not so sure you are right. upaloopa Dec 2014 #19

speculation hfojvt Dec 2014 #34

crazy thought here... Javaman Dec 2014 #38

That is what the good Germans said, too. japple Dec 2014 #23

We were powerless to intervene. upaloopa Dec 2014 #24

K and Effin' R hifiguy Dec 2014 #5

With prosecutions we can secure America's future. This is an opportunity for Dems to crush the R's grahamhgreen Dec 2014 #6

This message was self-deleted by its author Corruption Inc Dec 2014 #7

^^THIS^^ 2naSalit Dec 2014 #11

+ a few trillion! adirondacker Dec 2014 #13

What he said!!!!! N/T Throckmorton Dec 2014 #37

rec PowerToThePeople Dec 2014 #41

Why didn't we pardon the Nazis at Nuremberg? Why aren't we pardoning them now? nichomachus Dec 2014 #8

I would suspect that... 2naSalit Dec 2014 #14

"... in order to heal as a nation ... they need/will be brought to trial." Scuba Dec 2014 #12

I will be 67 next month. I thought the US would have overcome the racism I got beat for protesting. LiberalArkie Dec 2014 #15

I will be 59 next month, chervilant Dec 2014 #33

Very sorry to hear about the termination. Harsh times for Labor. deurbano Dec 2014 #36

Thanks so much! chervilant Dec 2014 #40

Lawless Nation blkmusclmachine Dec 2014 #16

Like Ferguson: No consequences => Blowback tblue Dec 2014 #20

I sure as hell hope Obama and the rest of the Democrats who have been kid gloving this shit do not Bluenorthwest Dec 2014 #22

If we do nothing Half-Century Man Dec 2014 #25

Republicans think there is no "hole we've dug ourselves into"... Spitfire of ATJ Dec 2014 #26

Just for funsies: you equate Bush to Pol Pot? nt Dreamer Tatum Dec 2014 #27

You have a problem with that? Hissyspit Dec 2014 #29

And your point is? Javaman Dec 2014 #30

The World is Watching JawJaw Dec 2014 #28

Prosecute all fucking ready! eom JEB Dec 2014 #31

Instead of just pardoning Babel_17 Dec 2014 #32

America doesn't value its own people (except the corprat ones) Triana Dec 2014 #35

Historically we have gotten away with supporting Latin American dictators and others Agony Dec 2014 #39