Reply #38: So what do you propose?

[skepticscott]

You say that you don't want to risk the Republicans regrouping and re-taking power because of a public backlash. But prosecuting them will always carry that risk. You say that you don't want the Democrats to be accused of ignoring other pressing problems that the country faces. But this country will always face problems more pressing than un-prosecuted war criminals. So exactly how long do you propose that we wait, keeping in mind that the longer we wait, the more difficult it will be to prosecute succesfully (as it is for ANY crime) and the more such a prosecution will look like a political stunt by whatever administration initiates it? What will the opportune moment look like?

To say that we should wait for a groundswell of public support for the prosecution of war criminals in the Bush administration is to completely ignore human nature and the political attention span of most American citizens, not to mention the media. If you're being honest with yourself and your audience, you have to acknowledge that there will never be any more public support for such a prosecution than there is right now (and there isn't that much right now), no matter how many passionate letter-writing campaigns you advocate.

Sorry, Nance. Your rhetoric is good, as usual, but your thinking doesn't measure up to your flowery words.