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global1

(25,253 posts)
Mon Dec 15, 2014, 11:08 AM Dec 2014

So Mr. Cheney - If You Believe You Are Right - Can You Defend Yourself & Win In The World Court?....

I've been away for over a week on a trip at the height of the media's and People's response to this recently released torture report. I have only been able to marginally listen to all the reporting and interviews since it's release. I haven't even listened to the news programs much - but I was able to pick up that former VP Cheney has been interviewed and is adamant that BushCo (he) did the right thing by ordering and supporting torture after 9/11.

Has any one of the interviewers said to him

Well Mr. Cheney - if you feel you are right and innocent of 'war crimes' - then you shouldn't be afraid of putting yourself before the 'world court' (i.e., the Hague) and defending yourself and coming out exonerated so that all this furor around this report will go away.

I don't expect him to say that they didn't do the right thing and that torture is wrong. I expect him to now defend himself and say that it was the right thing to do and that if he had to do it all over again - he would do the same thing. I mean - what else can he say without shooting himself in the foot.

So Mr. Cheney - if you feel you are so right - why don't you put your money where your mouth is?


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So Mr. Cheney - If You Believe You Are Right - Can You Defend Yourself & Win In The World Court?.... (Original Post) global1 Dec 2014 OP
"If you've done nothing wrong, you have nothing to worry about." eppur_se_muova Dec 2014 #1
Actually 2naSalit Dec 2014 #2
If Dick Cheney DID go to the Hague Court, he'd fold like a 3 dollar umbrella in a 120 MPH Hurricane. BlueJazz Dec 2014 #3
K&R napkinz Dec 2014 #4
... napkinz Dec 2014 #5

eppur_se_muova

(36,271 posts)
1. "If you've done nothing wrong, you have nothing to worry about."
Mon Dec 15, 2014, 11:16 AM
Dec 2014

Remember how many times we heard that on during the Bu**sh** years ? Guess it doesn't apply anymore.

 

BlueJazz

(25,348 posts)
3. If Dick Cheney DID go to the Hague Court, he'd fold like a 3 dollar umbrella in a 120 MPH Hurricane.
Mon Dec 15, 2014, 01:01 PM
Dec 2014

We all know his type: Loud, bragging, arrogant..until he's faced with a formidable opponent.

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