Ashcroft Understatement "History will not look kindly on this(approving torture)" ...

[Blackhatjack]

For those of us wondering how our generation will be viewed by history -- I suspect those exercising hindsight will be harsh.

IT always takes more than those willing to commit atrocities to make them happen. It takes some to go along, some to look the other way, some to be incurious about what is important.

I fear that explains exactly what the Bush years have entailed.

[spanone]

1. by the time the bu$h* library and msm rewrite history, they will be heroes

this has surged right past the news cycles.....history may not give a shit

[frogcycle]

2. yes

the question is, will history 'forgive' the public as it generally has the German people for keeping quiet while those in power committed atrocities? I feel there will forever be a question mark about the personal moral code of those who lived by concentration camps, were employed building ovens, etc., but took their pay and went home and kept quiet. There should have been a LOT more Schindlers. Will our society avoid that blot, or will we, too, be seen as enablers?

[jeanmarc]

3. A greater man would have resigned or leaked or both

Ashcroft is just as dirty, even moreso.

[Blackhatjack]

4. I am reminded of those who opined 'We didn't know....' regarding Germany's WWII atrocities...

... and now history shows they did not look and took no action.

Wilful ignorance is no excuse. It won't wash for Ashcroft and Powell and Rice because they had direct knowledge.

Will it absolve the rest of us because we did not insist our government officials investigate and stand up to those who would flush our moral standards down the toilet? I think history will be harsh, and rightly so.