Reply #121: I am totally opposed to torture - it is never acceptable

[tigereye]

The bank fraud folks should be prosecuted, but Nuremburg and capital punishment? Come on.... Part of the problem here is our reactive American style and short-term memories - we do tend to make the same mistakes over and over.


The Democrats worked hard to stop what had happened in Iraq from happening again - they exposed information and changed laws to create more transparency. Why is it that no one seems to remember that in these threads?


From what I have heard and read about Afghanistan, many of the folks there supporting the Taliban have changed their minds, again so maybe we did not need that many soldiers. However, I guess I feel that a POTUS has to make some attempt to protect us from those who promulgated 911 to some extent, although I do not support any internal wire-tapping, etc.


I've read enough about pre-war Germany to know that Hitler co-opted and fooled the left, the right, and pretty much everyone. But it's an absurd comparison in this case. Playing any Nazi card is the end of a real discussion in my view.

Most folks here do not deride liberals and I do not feel that Obama does, either. We have a big Dem tent - and if you don't have the votes and consensus, you don't get entirely what you want. That's democracy. And Obama has not given in to the Reps- they foil and ignore and stop him at every turn! That's simply inaccurate.