Ted Rall
http://rall.comTed Rall is a syndicated political cartoonist for Andrews McMeel Syndication, WhoWhatWhy.org and Counterpoint. He is a frequent contributor to The Wall Street Journal, a graphic novelist and author of many books of art and prose, and an occasional war correspondent. He is, recently, the author of the graphic novel "The Stringer."
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REDACTED: Karl Popper’s “The Open Society and Its Enemies.”
Dick Durbin said the torture was something he expected to see only in a totalitarian regime.
Then he wised up, teared up, and bellied up to swallow his ill conceived words.
The New York Times article has this: “The written statement Mr. Obama released in response to the report tried to straddle that divide. He opened by expressing appreciation to C.I.A. employees as ‘patriots’ to whom ‘we owe a debt of gratitude’ for trying to protect the country after the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. Then he judged that the methods they used in doing so ‘did significant damage to America’s standing in the world.’
And finally, Mr. Obama asked the nation to stop fighting about what happened so many years ago before he took office. ‘Rather than another reason to refight old arguments,’ he said, ‘I hope that today’s report can help us leave these techniques where they belong — in the past.’
In addition to the right wing owing Ted an apology, I demand an apology from everyone who kept telling me that Obama isn’t a king, that he has to represent everyone, etc.
We now have a careerist politician who permits torture and is trying to Barbrady us all past it with a “nothing to see here. Move along.”
I cannot wait for the “progressives” to try to excuse this.
I hate this argument that “We need to look to the future and forget the past.” I suppose the next time a murderer is brought before a judge, he will be released based upon this reasoning? Does it work that way?
In the meantime, Senator McCain (R-AZ) is saying that the American people need to know what was done in their name, and he supports publicizing the report. Am I confused, or is this 180º from what he was saying before? 🙂