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Baraka_Guru · 04-09-2010, 07:19 AM

Well, I read this earlier this morning. And when I realized how relatively untouched it was in the American media, I was too flabbergasted; otherwise, I would have made a thread about this before you did.

It was too "politically dangerous" to release the innocent, and so they kept them in a place that conducted what is arguably the highest violation of human rights on American territory in recent history.

Perhaps a part of me wanted it to be merely unfounded allegations, or maybe a hoax, or maybe, if anything, it would "blow open" in the American media later in the day. I don't know.

What I do know is that, assuming it is true, this is the last straw. We have this much evidence of wrongdoing (I really should say "criminal actions"), and this is something I think the international community should take seriously, how can we not now pursue justice?

More so now than ever, I hope that the key players in the Bush administration are forced to stand trial. The total sum of their alleged crimes are such that if they go unpunished it will greatly undermine America's moral, political, and military integrity.

Are there no real checks and balances in American power?

04-09-2010, 07:19 AM	#2 (permalink)
Baraka_Guru warrior bodhisattva Super Moderator Location: East-central Canada	Well, I read this earlier this morning. And when I realized how relatively untouched it was in the American media, I was too flabbergasted; otherwise, I would have made a thread about this before you did. It was too "politically dangerous" to release the innocent, and so they kept them in a place that conducted what is arguably the highest violation of human rights on American territory in recent history. Perhaps a part of me wanted it to be merely unfounded allegations, or maybe a hoax, or maybe, if anything, it would "blow open" in the American media later in the day. I don't know. What I do know is that, assuming it is true, this is the last straw. We have this much evidence of wrongdoing (I really should say "criminal actions"), and this is something I think the international community should take seriously, how can we not now pursue justice? More so now than ever, I hope that the key players in the Bush administration are forced to stand trial. The total sum of their alleged crimes are such that if they go unpunished it will greatly undermine America's moral, political, and military integrity. Are there no real checks and balances in American power? __________________ Knowing that death is certain and that the time of death is uncertain, what's the most important thing? —Bhikkhuni Pema Chödrön Humankind cannot bear very much reality. —From "Burnt Norton," Four Quartets (1936), T. S. Eliot Last edited by Baraka_Guru; 04-09-2010 at 07:22 AM..