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The DOJ pursues the "real criminal" in the NSA spying scandal

While the high-level lawbreakers are protected from consequences by our political class, only the courageous whistle-blower is subject to criminal prosecution.

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  • Wednesday, January 7, 2009 02:37 PM

    Chris

    ... Contrary to the Holocaustology that sees all Israel's enemies as the second coming of Adolf Hitler, Hamas is not the problem; it is a symptom. Treating it as the problem only prolongs the crisis. The problem is political and historical: the dispossession of Palestinians and the ongoing Israeli occupation of their land. Until that fundamental problem is resolved -- and the hour when it can be resolved by a two-state solution may already have passed -- Israel and America's attempts to bludgeon Palestinians, Arabs and Muslims into submission will only generate more hatred, more violence and ever more extremism. ...

    Wow, what a powerful paragraph. Thanks for pointing out that article. A great read.

    I don't think I have the energy just now to plow through the comments section to look at the crazy pro-genocide commenters. It is hell to get a cold down here when the temperature is in the high 70s most days. Depressing.

    Ah hell, I don't think I could stand to read those asses even if I felt great unless you and the moose were two teaming them. :-)

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