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Thursday, January 8, 2009 12:00 AM

America then and now

It's now commonplace for our political and media elites to explicitly renounce the principles of justice which the U.S. long led the world in advocating.
Glenn Greenwald

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  • Thursday, January 8, 2009 12:04 PM

    @behindthecurtain

    You make a good point. Iran would have a good case for attacking the U.S. based on the Bush Doctrine. However, ironically enough, it does not have the means or capability for doing so. When it comes to prosecuting war for crimes-yet-to-be-committed, it helps to have all the firepower on your side. The Bush Doctrine is quite literally an application of "might makes right".

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