From Alternet’s How to Find out the Hidden Secrets of the Bush Administration: “Treat Cheney’s offices like a crime scene, create a 9/12 Commission, and declassify the Bush papers — the public deserves to know. “
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Yeah there is nothing else more important then that, let’s waste tax dollars and time going through everything Bush did even though nothing will come of it. Sounds like a great idea.
You don’t think it’s important — if only from an historical perspective — for the public to know exactly what happened during the last eight year?
what’s sad is that there are probably hundreds of books and thousands upon thousands of articles that have already been written about the illegal and treasonous actions of the bush administration… - so it’s not like a commission who is commissioned to investigate will have to start from scratch… - they just have to gather the information that’s already out there…
how many tax dollars were spent investigating bill clinton’s blow blow?
Dave exactly my point, all that money spent it was proven that he lied and nothing happened. Most of the information will probably be labeled with a high national security level and not be allowed to be shown the light of day for 20+ years. Not to mention that Bush could give out pardons like a get out of jail free cards.
The new administration should just move on and not waste another minute or penny on trying to find out what really happened, because in the long run even if information comes out that implicates any of them for anything nothing will happen to them.
Just look at Kissinger, there are actual tapes of him ordering massive bombings and the guy has a plaque hanging in the CIA building.
the truth deserves to be told regardless of whether or not anyone is going to get into any serious trouble… - and really… - it’s not going to cost that much money in the grand scheme of things… - the congress spends money like it owns the bank… - and it would seriously be unwise to never be able to understand exactly what it was that this administration did… - we’re not talking about a monica or an incident of kissinger gone wild… - this administration has tangled this country into something awful and you just want to let that slide? - we’re not going to be able to fix this country without knowing how it got demolished… - c’mon… - and plus… - it would be fun to watch bush and the bush administration squirm with the cold sweats and nightmares while the klieg lights click and the sound of pencil scratches fill the air…
bubba?
I guess my problem is making it a priority. Knowing how we got into this really has nothing to do with how to get out. Bush and his cronies would not be worried because nothing would come out of it.
This is Paul Krugman in an interview with Salon.com (given while he was on his way to collect the Nobel Prize in Economics):
“But one thing progressives can do is make sure that the story of the Bush administration is told, in all respects. There’s going to be huge pressure from the usual suspects to let bygones be bygones, to forget about everything from torture to reckless disregard of financial warnings. But I want truth and reconciliation across the board, and progressives have to make it clear that it was an ideology, not an act of God, that made this [economic] crisis possible.”
Wait, this financial mess was Bush’s fault? The democratic congress did nothing while taking huge amounts of money from the mortgage industry. The bills that allowed this mess to happen were signed by Clinton.
All I am saying is taking time away from important issues having people spin their wheels trying to dig up information that has either been destroyed or never existed, and then even if somthing is proven (which is highly unlikely) the only satisfaction will be people being able to say “see I told you Bush was bad”.
Nobody will go to jail, nothing will be proven, no undisputable information will ever come out and before you know it you have wasted 4 years.
If an outside agency wants to take a crack at it fine but Obama should not waste a second of his time even thinking about it.
why even have a president if we never get to know exactly what he or she did while in office? - seriously…
You will never know what any president did exactly. You will get the final decisions but you will never know all information he got or everything he was advised, ect. What is the point of knowing a third of the story?
because knowing is half the battle…
It’s called History, Justin.
Why is that so hard to understand?
The reason why Obama has to do it (and not a bespectacled historian) is for the exact reasons you said above (and the writer talked about in the article): Because Bush and Cheney are going to classify everything that’s important, and we’re going to need an advocate who can de-classify like a mo-fo.
While I’m in favor of delineating every unjust act of the current administration so that it can be added to the list of criminal charges, I understand that such a “witch-hunt” would not be the best use of the new President’s time.
But I think we the people (which includes President-elect Obama) have an obligation to unearth the truth of what happened these past eight years. We have to see exactly how we were duped, if only to prevent it from happening again. We owe it to our kids.