President Obama is on some shaky ground with respect to the fountain of unbelievably bad information that is pouring out about the Bush Administration. He's publicly stated that he has no intention of taking legal action against people that may have committed war crimes and certainly violation of the Geneva Convention. Keith Olbermann had some very interesting comments on this:
Two things come to mind. First, don't trust anyone in the media with regards to this subject. Can you imagine the media circus that would result from the prosecution of senior Bush Administration officials? I'm guessing that every "journalist" out there gets a tent in their pants just thinking about it. Second, would it really be a cathartic process? Some things are best left unknown and unsaid....how much MORE damage would our standing in the court of pubic opinion take? And do you seriously think a guy like Dick Cheney is going to take this lying down? He'll take anyone he's got any dirt on down with him, it could end up being truths so bad that it literally could break the foundations of our government.
I'm not convinced that marching people into court would benefit ANYONE. I think this is yet another example of the quiet, measured and brilliant decision making process that Barack Obama is famous for....
2 comments:
I agree with Olbermann. But I don't want it done now because we have too much to worry about besides this... However we must pursue it, letting this go sets a dangerous precedence. We must show the world that people who break the law will always be punished even if they are our leaders. It reinforces the message that we do what we say and expect the world to do the same. Cheney was us to rule the world and be the ultimate bully. We will never survive as a nation like that.
Hate to use Olbermann as my voice but he's right on this...
Watch this from 2006:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uqxmPjB0WSs
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