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SinisterMatt
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The candidate for the Attorney General position, Eric Holder, testified the other day to the Senate Judiciary Committee that waterboarding constitutes torture. His prompt admittance that it is indeed torture raises the possibility that there may be some kind of investigation into what went on at Guantanamo Bay and that the U.S. has engaged in war crimes.
Typically countries who do engage in war crimes and crimes against humanity become something of a pariah nation. In order to avoid that and to avoid the bad consequences that such status would convey, would Obama pardon Bush and his people for any crimes that they may have committed? Or would the mere fact that Obama is now in office stave off any external investigation, say by the International Criminal Court in the Netherlands?
Obama has said that he would not dwell on the mistakes of past administrations, but would rather focus on the present and the future. Would a presidential pardon continue that goal, or would it just kick up more muck and result in partisan squabbling?
Thoughts? Discuss.
Cheers!
Typically countries who do engage in war crimes and crimes against humanity become something of a pariah nation. In order to avoid that and to avoid the bad consequences that such status would convey, would Obama pardon Bush and his people for any crimes that they may have committed? Or would the mere fact that Obama is now in office stave off any external investigation, say by the International Criminal Court in the Netherlands?
Obama has said that he would not dwell on the mistakes of past administrations, but would rather focus on the present and the future. Would a presidential pardon continue that goal, or would it just kick up more muck and result in partisan squabbling?
Thoughts? Discuss.
Cheers!