Obama’s Master Plan
Thu, Apr 30, 2009 by Jeff Norman
Although nothing about our nation’s legal obligation to prosecute (or extradite) torturers was mentioned, last night’s exchange between President Obama and reporter Jake Tapper suggests a criminal investigation is inevitable.
Obama flatly stated that waterboarding is torture and referred to the Bush administration’s sanctioning of the interrogation technique as “a mistake.”
On his blog, Marc Cooper shares the thoughts of two friends who believe Obama “is playing this like a virtuoso, that he remains two steps ahead of the rest of us, and that he is masterfully engineering this to wind up in the hands of a klieg-lit congressional drama…”
Cooper links to Jonathan Taplin’s theory that the reason Dick Cheney has been aggressively defending the Bush administration’s use of torture, is the former VP realizes his day of reckoning is on the horizon.
All of this means it would probably be helpful if Obama loyalists were to overcome their misguided reluctance to pressure him in any way. Indeed, it could be plausibly argued that the president wants the public to demand that the Bush gang be held accountable, so the current administration and Democrats in general are not perceived as acting overzealous for partisan reasons.
This story was also published by The Huffington Post.
May 1st, 2009 at 12:32 pm
I’m an “Obama apologist” and even I like this!
May 14th, 2009 at 11:25 am
I like President Obama. I respect him . I am very happy to feel his sense of “Inclusiveness” towards humanity and worldwide relations.
He does need the guidance of the American People to keep our most healthy and productive course in alignment. We have to guide him to guide us. WE need to believe we can shape our political stucture and maybe we need to learn how to apply ourselves.
Thanks for your blog!
November 23rd, 2009 at 6:45 am
The government’s view of the economy could be summed up in a few short phrases: If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it stops moving, subsidize it.