[Sosfbay-discuss] Jonathan Turkley on Olbermann about Rule of Law

[Brian Good]

Turley said
Obama's silence is conspicuous.  The
easiest thing to
say is that we must prosecute war
crimes, because
treaties obligate us, and that's the
law.  Nobody in
the Obama camp is saying the
magic words. 
Bush's underlings have an estoppel
defense--they can
say they were advised by John
Yoo and others
that their actions were legal.  The
President and his
immediate subordinates can not
 use that.  If
they have committed war crimes and
are not
prosecuted, we will shred four treaties and
four statutes.  




Bush's actions
were unprecedented.  He decided
that he was
beyond the law, and became a
government unto
himself. If Obama prevents the
investigation of
war crimes he will be not merely
an apologist but
an accessory.  




http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ONVwfuTj0pA

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