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I see. So, you're fine with Bush pardoning him, paying him off, and then they start the whole business up again in a few years, the next time they're in power, and Elliott Abrams, fresh with a new handful of pardons, can start torturing human beings in some fresh hell hole?
No, I'm not fine with that. Saying he shouldn't be executed 'as an example' isn't the same thing as saying he should be set free. He should be in prison, but in humane conditions. Also, his superiors, all the way up to the top, should be in prison as well. You don't need to execute someone to stop this happening again, all you need to do is throw Bush, Cheney, and a few others in jail for a few years. That would put pause in the heart of any future president (or other higher-up) who thought he could break the law with impunity.
By the way, Guantanamo is an extermination camp as well, and it's only your need to believe that the United States is inherently good that's keeping you from realizing it.
I don't know if that last point was directed to me, but I certainly don't harbor any delusions about the United States being inherently good, unlike many in this country who do.
