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Salviati

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Sat Jan-24-09 06:21 PM
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11. I applaud Obama, but we need to look forward...

We are a nation of laws, not men, and the only way to prevent people from breaking the law in the future is to hold those who have broken the law in the past responsible for their actions. We cannot let those who have broken our international treaty obligations to get off scot-free, unless we are willing to tolerate such actions in the future from those less scrupulous than President Obama. Holding them responsible is not an act of retribution or revenge, it is what is demanded by justice under the law, and without the law what does our nation stand on?

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