"So why does it bother Liz Cheney so much that an accused murderer would be tried for his crimes in a real, solid court? Is it simply because it belies the need for fake courts and indefinite detention?"
File photo, former Vice President Dick Cheney and his daughter Liz Cheney, 09/29/09. (photo: Jamie Squire/Getty)
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If we do it, will we later be screaming "Geneva Convention" when some other nation does the same to our own?
This started with the previous administration, not to mention an illegal invasion of another country. How is it that Bush and Cheney have evaded both impeachment and an international court?
Cheney's desire for vengenance and her lack of desire to be bothered by laws is typical of her family's lack of interest in anything but getting their way. Why was her husband considered the most evil man in US public history? Because he was truly evil. He could care less who is harmed by his desire to punish people. Guilt or innocence are irrelevant so long as Dick's bloodlust is sated. Very much typical of certain parts of our right wing. Law and order are to be enforced upon others but never on those in charge.
To "move beyond" torture is to guarantee it continues. Same goes for the CIA's black prisons, some of which remain in business - again with Obama's OK.
Put simply, torture warps and reshapes truth. Review history. Pain and fear distort, twist, erase, and annihilate truth.
So the torturer can "define" truth and force the victim to support that view or perspective.
Let's also remember that the US now ignores the World Court and UN provisions against torture. We have joined the world's scumbags, those who abhor human rights.
DeSade proclaimed "Man is capable of anything."
Looks like we've proved it.
An enemy combatant whether overt or covert is an enemy and should be handled per the Geneva Convention, something terrorists fail to apply. No matter what you call it there is a war going on. A military court is the correct place for enemy combatants not our hard won court system.THAT is reserved for citizens.
This approach may also answer what is an illegal alien.
No matter what way we deal with this we are bound by morals
When he writes, "A terrorist has not earned our rights as a citizen and is not entitled to them." he exhibits a profound ignorance of the U.S. Constitution.
sould that be: what is a Liz Cheney?
Does any body care?
They instigated the wars crimes, the tortures, the atrocities on poor innocent people. The lied to the American people to the point where the country is now and will be forever divided morally.
..and until we bring those responsible for degrading this great nation, the USA will never again be view a just nation.
All Liz Cheney is trying to do is to save her evil dad's neck! Nothing else matters.
...and who is preventing prosecution from being put back on the table? Could it be parties who fear their own criminal liabilities? My guess is that this would be the case.
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