WSJ: Hagel To Join Obama On Iraq Trip
Republican Senator Chuck Hagel of Nebraska will join Barack Obama on his upcoming trip to Iraq, The Wall Street Journal reports.
Hagel voted for the war crimes commission act in addition to all of his pro-war votes. The moral distinction between Hagel and Lyndie England is that she had her picture taken.
Judge Dan Haywood: Janning, to be sure, is a tragic figure. We believe he *loathed* the evil he did. But compassion for the present torture of his soul must not beget forgetfulness of the torture and death of millions by the government of which he was a part. Janning's record and his fate illuminate the most shattering truth that has emerged from this trial. If he and the other defendants were all depraved perverts - if the leaders of the Third Reich were sadistic monsters and maniacs - these events would have no more moral significance than an earthquake or other natural catastrophes. But this trial has shown that under the stress of a national crisis, men - even able and extraordinary men - can delude themselves into the commission of crimes and atrocities so vast and heinous as to stagger the imagination. No one who has sat through this trial can ever forget. The sterilization of men because of their political beliefs... The murder of children... How *easily* that can happen! There are those in our country today, too, who speak of the "protection" of the country. Of "survival". The answer to that is: *survival as what*? A country isn't a rock. And it isn't an extension of one's self. *It's what it stands for, when standing for something is the most difficult!* Before the people of the world - let it now be noted in our decision here that this is what *we* stand for: *justice, truth... and the value of a single human being!
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Perhaps This Means Hagel Won't Be VP
If Obama goes to Iraq with him, then he doesn't have to put him on the ticket, right? He's already shown his ability to get along with Republicans, so he doesn't need one on the ticket, right?
I dunno
it may mean a cabinet position, and indeed, I don't know why I am surprised.
I Was Trying to Be an Optimist
I don't know why. Every cyncial thought and pessimisstic worry has come true this campaign season. Why I would try to hope for the best now is somewhat a mystery. Perhaps it's because the last few weeks have been so depressing. While ordinarily vindication is an emotion I enjoy greatly, it seems to bring less joy when it comes at the expense of the Constitution, my reproductive rights, the separation of Church and State, and universal healthcare. And to think, four more years of this bullshit is probably the best we can hope for out of November. Nope, vindication isn't doing it for me this time.