[Marxism] Demands for war crimes prosecutions are now growing in the mainstream

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Glenn Greenwald - salon.com - 12/18/08
 
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That recognition, finally, seems to be spreading -- beyond the handful of  
blogs, civil liberties organizations and activists who have long been 
trumpeting 
 the need for this accountability.  The New York Times Editorial  Page today 
has a _lengthy, scathing decree_ 
(http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/18/opinion/18thu1.html?hp)  demanding  
prosecutions:  "It would be irresponsible for the 
nation and a new  administration to ignore what has happened . . . . A 
prosecutor should be  appointed to consider criminal charges against top 
officials at 
the Pentagon and  others involved in planning the abuse."  Today, Politico -- 
of all  places -- _is  hosting a forum_ (http://www.politico.com/arena/)  which 
asks:  "Should the DOJ consider  prosecuting Bush administration officials 
for detainee abuse as the NYT and  others have urged?"  Even _Chris Matthews 
and 
Chris Hitchens yesterday_ (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=25CPsnU2dXk)  
entertained  (albeit incoherently and apologetically) the proposition that top 
Bush 
officials  committed war crimes.
 
 
full --   
<_http://www.salon.com/opinion/greenwald/2008/12/18/prosecutions/index.html_ 
(http://www.salon.com/opinion/greenwald/2008/12/18/prosecutions/index.html) >
 
 
 
 
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