Friday, February 20, 2009

Heeding South Africa's example.

I like the notion of a debate. Over war crimes. And whether George Bush and others in his administration should be put on trial for war crimes. At least, if we have a discussion, we'll be letting the world know that we are concerned over what happened over the past eight years. Personally, I'd like to see the matter go to a World Court. Not to just leave this up to the United States. Allow Bush and his cronies to defend themselves. But at the very least, we should have a truth and reconciliation commission. Similar to what they had in South Africa. Just to uncover what really happened. The atrocities. That doesn't necessarily mean that if found guilty of war crimes that Bush and others should be punished. Instead, it should just be for societal recognition that wrong was done. And that we intend to correct the errors of our way and not let these things happen again. Maybe the guilty could even ask for forgiveness. It happened in South Africa. Why not in the USA? --Jim Broede

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