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In reply to the discussion: Some folks seem more OK with the defense of torture and torturers, [View all]Number23
(24,544 posts)but sometimes even when you EXPECT to see foolishness, it still knocks you over the head.
The headlines on BBC, Sydney Morning Herald and other papers are all about Cheney throwing Bush under the bus and how the CIA is doing the same. THIS IS HUGE NEWS. Maybe these people trying desperately to make this all Obama all the time see this kind of stuff every day but this is really shocking stuff.
The Times (London) has a front page story on the CIA's really unusual, really strong defence of themselves and saying that Bush knew everything. I would not be surprised if the reason Cheney is covering his ass so forcefully is that he knows there's a chance for prosecutions to happen. This could potentially be the beginning of the stuff that half the people on this site have been BRAYING about for years. And instead of, "hey maybe, possibly this could be the beginning of Bush paying for his wildly criminal behaviors that have damaged this country, weakened our international reputation and damn near bankrupted us" instead we are regaled with impotent wails of "but OBAMA called them patriots!11one"
Sweet LORD in Heaven!! I just cannot BELIEVE how one-dimensional and focused on absolutely NOTHING so many people are here. Any minute now, I expect the (mind numbingly pointless and red herring-esque) ubiquitous Third Way insults to somehow make its way into this conversation, as it does with every damned thing else around here!!