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He's not the only one. He's not the first one. He won't be the last one.
Whatever his mainstream reputation is, it's not "OMG, nothing Olbermann says makes any sense to anyone, ever, and him being for something immediately discredits it!" Only wingnuts think the world works that way.
For what it's worth, it's not even the first time he's called for this. It's more like the 4th, though this time there is, as he says, a public confession now.
The only question about this is whether we'll charge him for the crime he's confessed to, or whether it'll get swept under the rug.
I'm glad to see the liberal media outlets already sounding this call, and we'll see how Obama responds in the long run, because it's not simply going to go away.
I do agree that several members of the Bush administration should be prosecuted though.
That of course does not absolve Bush of guilt, but unless I have missed previous segments where Olbermann covers this, he is holding him to double standards.
I mean "With straight forwardness that was like water to the lost soul in the Sahara"? What the fuck was that?
Am against torture and for holding people accountable but this is the wrong way to do it.
Because it takes the stance of defending the people held in Guantanamo, which is a big no no when most of the people in the US still believe they are dangerous. Remember this is about persuasion not actually presenting information.
It would have been better to look at what kind of information was brought forward from torture techniques, and what methodology brought forward these techniques in the first place and interviews from the ex-US military intelligence, FBI and CIA with regards to torture effectiveness. Tying it finally with what it says about America that tortures, reminding us of how Geneva conventions were brought forward by the US, comparisons to states that torture and so on.
I just disagree with how he approaches every argument. Even though his heart is in right place.