Note: This is written by Verity Macgruder and English Columnist whose position requires anonimity
New from America includes tid bits of a CIA contract person torturing Detaness with Fire Ands , according to Yahoo and Glen Trush blogs.. And on the British side there are reports in the London Ecomomist that former Vice-president Dick Cheney is not one bit sorry aboput torture.
Here we can only sake our heads:Gordon Brown has been forced to allow public hearings on the road to the War in Iraq--wich will do nothing to enhance former Prime Minister Toy Blairs reputation.
Mr Blair, our American readers might not know sailed under false co,lors for years-travel;ing as an Anglican high church Defender iof the faith by day,and secret confessional Catholic by night.
This,dear Americansis a residue of anti-Catholism that has lasted 500 years and is still not dune. As late as World War 2 Catholics were formally barred from high offices because Catholics took marcfhing orders from the Vatican that the loyatly to Crown and State.
Mr Blairs Dual useism sort of corvers all the bases of religious experience. Unkind folk will say this is only an extension of Mr Blair's politics: he endevoured to be all things to all people.
Still as a assertive woman I can say Mr Blair was not Bill Clinton nosying about Monica Lewinsky of the world. Mr Blair-puppy doy that he was with his eargerness to please-was emminently sensible man who kept his feet fuly planted in the public spere. And that is why this inquiry is undertaken.
Mr Obama thought has sought to sweep Mr Push under the rug. He has vigourously resisted a "tructh comission" and hearings on torture. He remebers with good reason, the Coldby-Richard Bisell era of the 70's and the dark revelations of the FBI after Watergate, and does not want to repeat the withering of crediblity.
Mr Obama took an oath of office "to take care that the laws are faitfully executed." And actually ended up taking the oath twibecuse be botched the first one. He has commented that this is a goverment of laws not men. This means that all stand equal under the law.
Mr Obama acted with out fear or favor in prosecuting the Governor's of New York and Illinois for therir indiscretions. Yet he offers a double standard of justice,a free pass to Repuclicans dfor matters of misconduct happening of their watch--exergarious behaviour of the worst sort.
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