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In reply to the discussion: DoJ was in court today defending Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld, Powell, Rice and Wolfowitz [View all]Response to Wilms (Original post)
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DoJ was in court today defending Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld, Powell, Rice and Wolfowitz [View all]
Wilms
Aug 2013
OP
I think the poster was just responding to the middle finger from the DOJ to the rest of us
NuclearDem
Aug 2013
#161
Who wants to lay bets on which talking points we'll hear in favor of this?
last1standing
Aug 2013
#2
I am sorry but I am a bit confused by your post, could you edd context to it.
hrmjustin
Aug 2013
#144
Well I wish they would prosecute these people but I understand the DOJ has to do it's job.
hrmjustin
Aug 2013
#147
ODS suffers. He lost me when he said that GHW Bush made America a 'gentler, kinder country'
roguevalley
Aug 2013
#53
Yes, change! Apparently neocons come in two exciting colors: Dark Republican Red, and
Zorra
Aug 2013
#158
So what's the point in having laws against war crimes? Simply something we can apply to others?
leveymg
Aug 2013
#30
I agree. If there were ever grounds for a special exception, it is for the Bush Administration.
Enthusiast
Aug 2013
#82
So When Do We Get Our Pardon - Get Of Jail Card - For Past Transgressions?
cantbeserious
Aug 2013
#134
Well Then What Does That Say About Our Society - A Dead Or Dying Myth - I'd Say
cantbeserious
Aug 2013
#138
I heard people tell me that gay marriage will never happen in my lifetime
Downtown Hound
Aug 2013
#122
The picture illustrates what you support. You should embrace your position rather than run from it.
xocet
Aug 2013
#60
Perhaps because DU is the massive cloud of dust that is the incubator of stars.
mick063
Aug 2013
#24
Pretending there is no outrage about this doesn't remove the onus for defending war criminals
MotherPetrie
Aug 2013
#61
Because it is not a surprise. It wont be a surprise when Obama pardons them either.
rhett o rick
Aug 2013
#128
someone sues them in 2013 case and bushcheneny et all made themselves immune long ago.
Sunlei
Aug 2013
#11
The statement says that Bush was President carrying out US policy in that role
geek tragedy
Aug 2013
#104
But that policy was wrong, immoral and illegal. That seems pretty controversial to me. n/t
totodeinhere
Aug 2013
#107
And the government can defend them without being said to approve of what they did
treestar
Aug 2013
#92
...and DU frets over the use of repuke talking points when this admin is expanding the Bush Stasi.
L0oniX
Aug 2013
#99
Well, the DOJ appears to be correct when it says this about the Bush administration:
sabrina 1
Aug 2013
#32
I don't know anything about this suit, I just found out about it, so I cannot comment
sabrina 1
Aug 2013
#46
Perhaps I need to review ancient US law, something that is increasingly required.
mick063
Aug 2013
#39
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Robert L. Jackson Chief U.S. Prosecutor at the Nuremberg Tribunals
G_j
Aug 2013
#38
I wonder when the US decided to abandon its own rules on leaders 'leading their
sabrina 1
Aug 2013
#47
So sad. How fast it can happen, and with hardly a whimper, the downfall of a nation.
sabrina 1
Aug 2013
#78
It's been a very dark period in our history. I wonder how it will be viewed a century from now
sabrina 1
Aug 2013
#159
it's an accusation leveled by ass kissers and sycophants whenever dear leader is critiqued..
frylock
Aug 2013
#93
Yea ok fuck the law ...it means nothing then and now. Thanks for confirming that DOJ. n/t
L0oniX
Aug 2013
#96
Some are too big to jail. Manning, Snowden are a totally different story!
bullwinkle428
Aug 2013
#106
Aww...how cute. They're all sticking up for one another. That's REAL friendship! nt
NorthCarolina
Aug 2013
#132
Proof Positive That Obama Has Turned On The American People And Democratic Principles
cantbeserious
Aug 2013
#133