http://www.commondreams.org/view/2009/04/17-7
Obama:
"This is a time for reflection, not retribution. . . . But at a time
of great challenges and disturbing disunity, nothing will be gained by
spending our time and energy laying blame for the past. Our national
greatness is embedded in America's ability to right its course in
concert with our core values, and to move forward with confidence.
That is why we must resist the forces that divide us, and instead come
together on behalf of our common future."
Greenwald:
That passage, more than anything else, is the mindset that has
destroyed the rule of law in the U.S. and spawned massive criminality
in our elite class. Accountability for crimes committed by political
leaders (as opposed to ordinary Americans) is scorned as "retribution"
and "laying blame for the past." Those who believe that the rule of
law should be applied to the powerful as well as to ordinary citizens
are demonized as the "forces that divide us." The bottomless
corruption of immunizing political elites for serious crimes is
glorified in the most Orwellian terms as "a time for reflection,"
"moving forward," and "coming together on behalf of our common future."
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