Thursday, January 29, 2009
Yoo Is Just Too Stupid...
... To Breathe.1 commentsEgad.
I do believe that war criminal John Yoo must have read The Lord Of The Flies in his youth, and thought it was a field manual. He comes so close to being exactly the animal he would have us all descend to in a new screed that was published today.
It's astonishing that this man is a) still free of incarceration / institutionalization, and b) still teaching in the law school at UC Berkeley!
Nice overview article in The Raw Story on Yoo's self-serving piece in today's The Wall Street Journal.
I know that you're not shocked that only Rupert Murdoch would see fit to waste both ink and computer bytes to print claptrap like Yoo's snooze.
Raw Story: Yoo: Bush okayed torture to outwit defense lawyers
Man, have you noticed how much time George W. Bush is spending under the bus this week?
Yesterday, it was Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell:While unpopular former President George W. Bush may have hurt Republicans in recent elections, voters have not rejected Republican policies, McConnell said.
Today, it's Yoo driving over the former Oval Office Big Chair sitter:the civilian law-enforcement system cannot prevent terrorist attacks. What is needed are the tools to gain vital intelligence, which is why, under President George W. Bush, the CIA could hold and interrogate high-value al Qaeda leaders. On the advice of his intelligence advisers, the president could have authorized coercive interrogation methods like those used by Israel and Great Britain in their antiterrorism campaigns. (He could even authorize waterboarding, which he did three times in the years after 9/11.)
Thump-thump. "Owwww." See ya, George...
So, in some perverse two-fer, Yoo is both blaming it all on Bush, since he, of course, is pure as the driven snow, and tarring Barack Obama for not following his, Yoo's, letters—to the letter?Mr. Obama is returning America to the failed law enforcement approach to fighting terrorism that prevailed before Sept. 11, 2001.
Actually, no, John, that was the correct way to go, all along. It is a police action. Just as attacking any conspiracy, like the Mafia or the Bush administration, is a police and judicial action. Turn off 24, John. Start watching Law And Order: Find the perps, catch the perps, try the perps, jail the perps = safe neighborhood.
Since there is no "War On Terror," and never was, this is the proper course of action. You have a few radical leaders who have gathered and armed their small-to-large followings. You track down the leaders, decapitate the group, then round up the followers. That's how this works. And that is actually how Bill Clinton's administration was handling it, to reasonably good success. They knew this process stands more akin to Gen. Jack Pershing's chasing through Mexico after Pancho Villa than any full military "war" mobilization—as is proved by the abject failure of the Bushies to gain any type of military advantage anywhere they've been and the extreme animosity gathered around the globe by their anvil-handed attack of problems, rather than the flyswatter approach that's routinely called for.
Actually, as you read the Yoo piece you find yourself punctuating every sentence with, "Uhh, no. That's not true."
Which makes it a really good way to make sure all your systems are fully functioning. Especially if you're sitting in one of his classes at Boalt Hall at Berkeley.
But here's the greatest head-smacking quote from Yoo's piece:The question Mr. Obama should have asked right after the inaugural parade was: What will happen after we capture the next Khalid Sheikh Mohammed or Abu Zubaydah? Instead, he took action without a meeting of his full national security staff, and without a legal review of all the policy options available to meet the threats facing our country.
And without the blessing and advice of every crackpot Neo-Con war criminal working today.
Brother, that John!
Man, Yoo so crazy!
posted by Gotham 7:12 PM
1 Comments:
Just 2 things:
- Who the fuck was in charge on Sept 11, 2001? It happened on your people's watch, Yoo! They FAILED to keep us safe! Even after warnings and solid intelligence came their way. Yes, we may not have had an attack on our soil for the rest of their sorry administration, thank the Lord, but when it comes to whether or not W and co. kept us safe, Sept 11, 2001 is Exhibit One.
- Oh, and as to whether "voters have not rejected Republican policies" do you see John McCain in the Oval Office, Mitch? Didn't think so.
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January 30, 2009 2:11 AM
