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In reply to the discussion: Obama is BOUND BY LAW to prosecute torture. [View all]TheKentuckian
(25,023 posts)of power. It would shock few if it was determined that his word carries more weight with the military and clandestine forces than all of the Presidents since Bush I combined including the one actually holding office.
Where you get the made up nonsense that I discourage reading of history is beyond comprehension, it is absurd. I said the history is written by the winners and that is all I said, if you dispute that then argue the point rather than fabricating a wholly different one.
If you have a historical comparison that undermines my assertion then bust that shit on out, enlightened us.
As for your last statement expressing how ill treated you are by me, if you are against accountability then you are indeed part of the wind in the sails of the next wave of villainous behavior and there is no arguing it, in easy living memory we have observed that with each pass and look forward new depths are reached in short order often with the same cast and characters. Rumsfeld and Cheney particularly have been in the mix and they have brewed up generations behind them quite possibly even more vile than their ideological forebearers.
These criminals are not broken by any stretch of the most active imagination and could plausibly have positions of great power in the future. Iran - Contra should have been the definitive, drop dead, no further will you go, end of the line for this entire element but we looked forward with some "truth and reconciliation" garnish and here we go again.
Arguing with me and making up phony allegations won't fix that gnawing in the background of your mind. You know the truth, it just isn't palatable because it by definition and nature can't be pretty but you pretty much have to know in your bones that without correction this whole malignant set of motherfuckers will continue to fester and keep on digging in the pig trough.
What the hell do you think the impetus is for the insanity to at minimum keep on going and quite within the realm of reason to continue to grow worse and worse in criminality and depravity.
You think history will look back fondly at giving this stuff a pass, knowing what happened and doing nothing?
It is we who are present, we are the now and hold all the strings that there are to hold in trust for all future generations.
There is no future for us but the one we make and it isn't some secular version of promises of an afterlife but a responsibility, a debt to those who come after rather than a cosmic can to kick down the road for "resolution" by people who can do nothing but shake their heads in disgust and shame for our kind.