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

[Caroline Yacoub]

There must be some nervousness in the Bush family about this, since Bush1 recently said that he probably should have taken Saddam out in the first Gulf War, thereby assuming some of the responsibility for Bush 2's actions.
Caroline




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From: Brian Good <snug.bug at hotmail.com>
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Sent: Tuesday, January 27, 2009 8:54:19 PM
Subject: [Sosfbay-discuss] Jonathan Turkley on Olbermann about Rule of Law


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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