I have my doubts that anything other than a few drawn out Congressional hearings followed by the standard mea culpas and admonishments that we won't do that again.

We have the ultimate terror weapon and Truman showed the world that our responsibility to "God's Will", the fight between Good & Evil is the reason we'll be strong enough to wield it.

Truman was followed by a War Hero who (can't find my copy so I'll paste a quote from Amazon's review) ordered his commanders to systematically withhold food and shelter from German POW's, it cost Patton his command: "James Bacque [Other Losses] deals with a topic most historians (especially Eisenhower apologists like Stephen Ambrose) want to avoid. It is the frightening account of how Allied forces, at the end of World War II, systematically used, abused and starved millions of German POWs in what Gen. George Patton described as "Gestapo tactics." http://www.amazon.com/Other-Losses-James-Bacque/dp/1551681919 [to also note Lindbergh's shame at the behavior he saw first hand in the Pacific during this same period].

8 years later we elected him President. He was followed by the Kennedy/Johnson era and VietNam and Agent Orange, cluster bombs, burning villages, napalm, indiscriminate mining of the countryside. Then came Nixon/Kissinger and the illegal bombing of Cambodia/Laos (though not directly responsible that led to the Khmer Rouge take over). 10 years later it was Reagan and Central America and the Caribbean and in the 11th year of Bush-I was Iraq-I and Norman Schwarzkopf-Colin Powell and burying Iraqi conscripts alive in the desert and the "Highway of Death". Comes Clinton on Bush's heals and North Africa and Central Europe and years of Iraqi sanctions that Madeline Albright thought were "worth it." That brings us to Bush II and Cheney/Addington and the "Truth Commissions" demanded.

I'm not an historian but from my reading and following just this short time period that takes in most of my breathing days and years I doubt we'll see much from Obama. Rick Warren, the New Graham, who, it seems, lives his faith much like Obama and his purpose driven life, will stand in front of the cameras and the world on January 20th and ask that we "forgive and let go of resentments and anger" and so it will be.

The outrage and ulcers belong to us, standing like wall flowers at the Big Prom, kept at the margins much like Bacque, Chomsky, et.al. and preaching our Purpose to the choir.

The MSM's role is to call the play by play, remember this? "So there are going to be a lot of tough decisions Barack's gonna have to make, a lot of tough decisions, including on foreign policy." "And here's the point I want to make. Mark my words. Mark my words. It will not be six months before the world tests Barack Obama like they did John Kennedy. The world is looking. We're about to elect a brilliant 47-year old senator president of the United States of America. Remember I said it standing here if you don't remember anything else I said. Watch, we're gonna have an international crisis, a generated crisis, to test the mettle of this guy. And he's gonna have to make some really tough - I don't know what the decision's gonna be, but I promise you it will occur. As a student of history and having served with seven presidents, I guarantee you it's gonna happen."

http://blogs.suntimes.com/sweet/2008/10/joe_biden_seattle_fund_raiser.html

Not even 60 days and before he gets to be the decider, PNAC's game plan acted on their way out by the NeoCon Bush Administration ("Winners not Losers!"), that's the short sighted view, on the other side, the long vision thing, bin Laden's plan seems to be working well. The martyrs are in heaven and the USA is going broke. Oh yeah, Biden's full of it, he knows already Obama's decision.

Mike Allen: "I figured that readers could decide whether the former Bush official’s comments sounded defensive or vindictive. And POLITICO readers aren’t so delicate that we have to deceptively pretend there’s no other side to a major issue. So at the bottom of the Axelrod story, I tacked on an ellipsized excerpt of the former Bush official’s quotes, removing several ad hominem attacks on Obama. I quoted less than half of the comment and took out the most incendiary parts — a way to hint at the opposing view without giving an anonymous source free rein."

For all of our benefit Allen should paste back what he took out and post the whole damn tea bag defensive or vindictive, you report we decide, rant....who cares who Allen gave background to post the entire crazy assed tirade.

"I-R-A-N. Iran, doesn't ring a bell?" This clip from last night's Daily Show with Jason Jones doing comparison on the street interviews with Iranians and Americans is a perfect example of the willful ignorance Americans show to anything that doesn't directly impact their lives and their day. Out of sight is out of mind, sitting in front of our big screens shamelessly cheering on the beat downs "winners" give "losers" every night on Fight Club we're clueless as to how foolish we're seen by the rest of the world. Torture works because Jack Bauer gets results and my daddy told me so. It also helps to explain why we're willing to outspend the rest of the world on defense while unwilling to give pocket change to a sick child.

http://www.thedailyshow.com/video/index.jhtml?videoId=231547&title=jason-jones-behind-the-veil