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Truth and Reconciliation
Posted by klangley2 07/07/2008 12:00 AM PDT
(Follow-up to "why no impeachment?)
Speaker Pelosi, our country TORTURED people. We illegally invaded and occupied a sovereign country based on lies. The damage to our international standing, our moral authority to speak on atrocities in Sudan, Zimbabwe, Myanmar and elsewhere, has been profound and may be irreparable. You say impeachment or prosecutions for the architects of these crimes is "off the table", and today (I assume) you will give your reasons for that.

Given those reasons, will you support and implement a Truth and Reconciliation process that at least investigates these crimes and provides a framework for acknowledgement, repentance and reparations to the victims of these crimes, even if punishment is "off the table"?
Idea # 48Category/Tags : Issues: Foreign (23) torture (5)  iraq (8)  impeachment (23)  
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flahooley
07/07/2008
Nicholas Kristof wrote a terrific column on this on July 6th. I think it is well known enough (and this comment appeared after his column), that the question should reference his column, which shows the broad importance of this idea. http://www.wecansolveit.org/
bojo1235
07/16/2008
We had every right to invade Iraq. Are you all fresh out of high school or is it that your memories are so short?
Saddam was in violation of the treaty and the U.N. knew that.
pritchett.anne
07/16/2008
No, Sadaam was not in violation of any treaties. He didn't violate 17 UN resolutions. And he had NO WMDs either.

And Iraq didn't attack us on 9/11.

Now go on back to free republic and quit trolling this site. Your mom's going to need to use the computer soon anyway.
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