Monday, April 7, 2008

War Crimes Trials Anyone?

War Crimes Trials Coming
Jason Linkins, Huffington Post

Media coverage of the disclosure of the "torture memo" authored by Bush Justice Department official John C. Yoo has been mostly a deafening silence. But on this morning's Chris Matthews' show, someone finally fired a shot. As we mentioned in this morning's liveblog, credit goes to The Atlantic's Andrew Sullivan, for taking the opportunity to ensure that this matter got out into the televised discourse somehow.
SULLIVAN: The latest revelations on the torture front show the memo from John Yoo...means that Don Rumsfeld, David Addington and John Yoo should not leave the United States any time soon. They will be, at some point, indicted for war crimes.


Well, hooray and hallelujah, Yoo, Addington and Rumsfeld may face trial for proposing torture. The victims number in the tens of thousands. Wasn't there anyone else at the Justice Department who railroaded tens of thousands victims to the torture chambers?
Who legislated America's abrupt fall from human decency? Let's see. Hillary and McCain in the Senate had help. Pelosi and her Congressional pals funded the tragedy.
The Administration must answer for its pushing of the project.
At least 76,000 CIA employees had something to do with inflicting pain. What use are they anyhow? I can find 76,000 bums who do nothing at a greatly reduced salary.
Okay, we'll give Sullivan a Freedom Medal. Otherwise, his colleagues in the MSM can take mail order journalism courses in prison.
To make room for them in the hoosegow, we can send home the potheads.

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