none of the presidential candidates so much as whispers that, when elected, they will open up the archives of the president/vice-president, department of defense, department of state, and military, negating (even retroactively) any document seals imposed by bush, and prosecute all those involved in war crimes, all the way up the command chain to the highest levels.

as far as i can tell, none of the candidates has ever said anything germane to this issue.

one of the following must therefore be true:

1. they think torture is fine and will not investigate abu ghraib or gitmo,
2. they recognize torture as a war crime, but will not pursue the matter for fear of acrimony during their administration (esp. from the right wing),
3. they recognize torture as a war crime, and are simply operating below the radar during the campaign so as to not ruffle any feathers---once they are in office, they will immediately start war crimes proceedings on all guilty parties.

in other words, all presidential candidates are either sadists, cowards, or selfish liars willing to say whatever is needed to get elected.

by neo on 02/29/2008 12:40:50 AM EST