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gucci...i think about it quite a bit. i am still bewildered about the fact that there was no investigation of the self-evident concerning the iraq war in the united states as there was in the uk even. you know, the chilcot inquiry. nothing like that here.
most law related to war crimes is geared around being able to hold individuals accountable for the actions of a country. it's pretty obvious to me that there are alot of people in the bush administration who should be prosecuted.
but there's that whole question as to whether there is a war crime apart from losing.
and then there are other questions about the extent to which we in the united states really do live in a single party state with two right wings. it's only under such conditions that it's imaginable that an administratoin can launch a fucking war under self-evidently false pretenses and nothing happens.
not that the chilcot inquiry amounted to anything in terms of sanctions.
but i'd say british democracy is alot healthier than is american democracy.
but that's one of the bigger questions. addressing it by-passes the clip and by-passes alot of other similar information about the conduct of us forces on the ground in iraq and afghanistan, information that's available in non-american media outlets but curiously not so much here.
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a gramophone its corrugated trumpet silver handle
spinning dog. such faithfulness it hear
it make you sick.
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