I am an admitted Peace Monger. I dislike war, and all the suffering it brings. I loathe the war profiteers, who exploit human lives for financial gain.
I have read articles that Pres. Obama is talking about having trials for those who were responsible for the 9-11 attacks in Federal court in Manhattan. That sounds like a security nightmare. I would think somewhere in the middle of nowhere would be a better location.
Truthfully, though I wish they would go after the main man who caused so much death & destruction.
That would be G. W. Bush I'm talking about. He is guilty of crimes against humanity that are still being committed 8 years later. Beyond his time in office. For me it is not so much a revenge thing, as it is resetting our moral compass. No U.S. President should get away with murder, and violating so many domestic & international laws.
Even though I voted for Barack Obama to be president, the fact that he perpetuates Bush's wars and has failed to prosecute Bush & co, makes me less enthusiastic about his leadership.
Although Obama is no Bush, and for that I give thanks.
I voted for change, I am so far, disappointed.
SNL is starting to waiver as well....
Make that 4362 souls
Fran, I know it will be a security nightmare in NYC but it does have poetic justice - and besides, that is where the largest portion of the crime took place. (I suppose they could've held the trial near Washington DC but that would be even chancier).
ReplyDeleteI agree-Obama hasn't made the changes I'd hoped he would have done by now. But he's always been pragmatic and consensus-building. Unfortunately that has resulted so far in us still being at war. I hope he makes the changes we elected him to make sooner rather than later...
And yes, I wish they had prosecuted Bush-Cheney. But it ain't gonna happen now, unfortunately.
I wish our country had enough spine to prosecute Bush & his band of thugs, but I am still holding out hope that another country will, after all they violated international laws. I'm not ready to say oh well & let them get away with all the crimes they committed.
ReplyDeleteI have heard others say holding the trials in Manhattan is an unnecessary risk, and it rips open the wounds of 9-11, holding the trials where some of the surviving victim;s families may still reside. It seems like a grandstanding stunt.