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In reply to the discussion: Forgive me if I roll my eyes at your precious outrage about torture. [View all]WinkyDink
(51,311 posts)else would you have people do---become the Baader-Meinhof Gang Re-dux? Bring back the Weather Underground?
Oh, wait; we elected a Black man who is friends with Bill Ayers and Bernardine Dohrn---AND YET WE STILL HAVE GITMO.
In a post above-thread:
From the LA Times:
We tortured some folks, Obama said to reporters during a news conference Friday. We did some things that were contrary to our values.
You know, it is important for us not to feel too sanctimonious in retrospect about the tough job that those folks had, Obama said. And a lot of those folks were working hard under enormous pressure and are real patriots.
So your specific suggestions to change things would be....?
IOW:
Talk about your plans to obtain justice.
Oh, wait:
"I know why I don't do anything about it: Because I don't trust the rest of you to help me..."
WHAT A COMPLETE POSEUR!!!!!!!!!!!!