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In reply to the discussion: Obama is BOUND BY LAW to prosecute torture. [View all]sabrina 1
(62,325 posts)So why didn't this administration simply allow Spain, eg, to do that without trying to protect the Bush torturers?
Thanks to the Wikileaks cables we know that this administration put pressure on Spain's court to try to stop the prosecutions of six of Bush's torturers, theatening consequences if they proceeded with the prosecutions.
Why would a Democratic administration go out of its way to try to protect one of the most criminal Republican administrations in recent memory?
All of this will go down in history. We have had periods like this before in history when huge injustices were glossed over, but eventually they have generally been dealt with.
To be on the wrong side of the horrendous war crimes committed by Cheney/Bush and his gang of war criminals is not the place any future President should want to be.