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it would certainly make matters much easier if the international community would start demanding as much as what Glenn is pointing out. I've been baffled since the Abu Ghraib abuses came to light in 2004, and then the torture program being executed directly from the White House (even boastfully by Cheney) was exposed, why the signatories to the Geneva Conventions (Great Britian, France, Germany, Italy, Norway, et al.) aren't demanding justice.
I've wondered this myself and can only think that these nations are waiting to see what Obama will do, if anything. Or perhaps they simply don't think it's worth the effort, what with "sole super-power, American exceptionalism," etc.
Someone mentioned up-thread/down-thread (or whatever direction we're headed in) that the US has consistently, over several decades, worked to weaken international law and binding agreements to punctuate this notion of America's special status.
This is probably true, but I hope not.
Time to stop. I think I'm starting to ramble.
