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Politics : Foreign Affairs Discussion Group
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To: cnyndwllr who wrote (154731)12/24/2004 5:16:50 AM
From: SirRealist  Read Replies (1) of 281500
 
My Dad used to point out that a jury can reach a 'not guilty' verdict, but it is impossible to 'prove' innocence.

Yet many persist in suggesting that the failure to 'prove' innocence is sufficient cause to defend foreign policies rife with error, and with the top-down advocacy of torture tactics that used to be restricted to CIA operatives acting covertly.

That there is greater evidence of that can only be defended by what-ifs.

And so far, every time the what-ifs have been before the conservative-tilted Supreme Court on these matters, they've been rebuked.

On the other hand, the what-ifs have been a huge boon for the Saudi economy, so at least they are benefitting somebody...
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