tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24005214.post4430555634789951007..comments2023-10-19T12:25:15.143+01:00Comments on The Osterley Times: Should the US be facing war crimes investigation?Kelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14466059072530968330noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24005214.post-38714831085245880602009-02-10T22:07:00.000+00:002009-02-10T22:07:00.000+00:00Democracy, and the rule of law, and freedom, and a...<I>Democracy, and the rule of law, and freedom, and all those ideals that they seem to espouse can be dangerous.</I><BR/><BR/>They are especially dangerous to the last administration, but that's because they never truly believed in them.<BR/><BR/>Bush's first election - and they way they fought to stop the vote count - proved that they never really believed in democracy.<BR/><BR/>Their behaviour in Guanatanamo Bay and Abu Ghraib proved that they never respected the rule of law, especially international law.<BR/><BR/>They never believed in the ideals they espoused, they only espoused them in the hope of creating catchphrases which would silence dissent.<BR/><BR/>In the end the Bush regime believed in their own power and nothing else. And what disaster that led to.<BR/><BR/>I want to see them prosecuted. And this isn't about progressive versus conservative, this is about the rule of law. They committed war crimes and we need to put down a marker for future generations that what they did was wrong.Kelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14466059072530968330noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24005214.post-55775840556475898742009-02-10T19:29:00.000+00:002009-02-10T19:29:00.000+00:00What Republicans seem to fail to grasp is that dem...What Republicans seem to fail to grasp is that democracy, and the rule of law, and freedom, and all those ideals that they seem to espouse can be <I>dangerous</I>. Sometimes, because a nation follows rules rather than the whims of a single person or group in charge, sometimes the bad guy gets away, or does something horrible. This is the price we pay for assuring that the wrongly accused dont simply get railroaded because the Authority takes a dislike to them.<BR/>The GOP doesnt seem to get that, whether because they dont truly believe in democracy, or because they are cowards, or fascists or what, I dont know.<BR/>The idea that the price of freedom is eternal vigilance refers to having unaccountable thugs with guns on hand to "enforce" said democracy is absurd, though.<BR/><BR/>Here's a good parallel for a country without the rule of law that I think most people can identify with: A nation without the rule of law will be run just like most people's jobs, i.e., the boss will do what he likes, and "if you dont like it, I'm sure there are plenty of people who'd love to have your job".daveawayfromhomehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06237313399294302353noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24005214.post-3244813071415575362009-02-10T16:37:00.000+00:002009-02-10T16:37:00.000+00:00Kel,Keep up the heat. It appears that the interna...Kel,<BR/><BR/>Keep up the heat. It appears that the international media and blogosphere must continue this dicussion while the US is distracted by the economic stimulis bill presently in Congress. There cannot be two sets of laws in a democracy - one for those in power, and those for everyone else.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com