Quick Notes: Justice and Retribution
A lot of people are heaping blame on the Democrats and Obama in particular for not actively prosecuting all those involved in the torture fiasco. And while I wholly agree that all should be hunted down, tried, and jailed if found guilty, I also realize one important fact: it is not the Democrats that are failing on this, it is the Republicans. The Dems are not holding back because they approve of what happened, or because they were involved or failed to prevent it, or because they want to hold back for any reason; they are holding back because they are perfectly aware that if they were to prosecute to the letter of the law, Republicans would unleash all holy hell as yet not even imagined, claiming political persecution and retribution, and going to level-ten all-out internecine warfare that will make their present ultra-paranoid harpings look like an Osmond family reunion on valium in comparison.