A pardon for the worst kind of men

December 28, 2020December 27, 2020 ~ susie ~ 1 Comment

“I know that these men were undeserving of pardons because I was a member of The FBI Evidence Response Team that traveled to Iraq and investigated the site of these killings,” writes @tfoconnor83 https://t.co/BwvGTbbyAc
— CNN Opinion (@CNNOpinion) December 24, 2020

No more

June 5, 2020June 4, 2020 ~ susie

Your reminder that Congress banned the export of tear gas to Hong Kong police last year in a show of solidarity with pro-democracy protesters.

If we can do it for them, we can do it for us. https://t.co/PcZD8lgybK
— Robert Reich (@RBReich) June 3, 2020

The quality of mercy

February 3, 2020February 2, 2020 ~ susie

Why the land mine, a persistent killer of civilians, is coming back under Trump https://t.co/W1a5VLTezN
— Suburban Guerrilla Ω (@SusieMadrak) February 2, 2020

Draw your own conclusions

January 14, 2020January 13, 2020 ~ susie ~ 1 Comment

The NBC scoop about Trump authorizing Soleimani killing last spring looks much worse when read with the NYT's weekend tick-tock. The picture is utterly damning, and suggests a decisionmaking process that has been wholly perverted. Here's my close reading: https://t.co/gDac57qrff
— Greg Sargent (@ThePlumLineGS) January 13, 2020

.@RepEliotEngel, chair of Foreign Affairs Committee, just confirmed @SecPompeo will *not* appear at this week's hearing.

This is lunacy. Given all we've learned about the depths of deception here, officials simply must explain themselves to Congress:https://t.co/gDac57qrff pic.twitter.com/0baWHoZE7d
— Greg Sargent (@ThePlumLineGS) January 13, 2020

The Trump who cried wolf

January 6, 2020January 5, 2020 ~ susie ~ 1 Comment

.@brianstelter: “Pres. Trump squandered his credibility at the very start of his presidency and many officials in his administration followed him down a path of deceit.

If your skepticism was at a 7 before, it should be at a 9 now because… governments lie in wartime.” pic.twitter.com/aGbb3Tx05h
— CNN (@CNN) January 5, 2020

Trump’s heroes

November 18, 2019November 17, 2019 ~ susie

Breaking News: President Trump, overruling military leaders, cleared 3 service members accused of war crimes, including a Navy SEAL whose rank he restored https://t.co/V34hKk9Gqi
— The New York Times (@nytimes) November 15, 2019

Context: Trump intervened on behalf of a Navy SEAL who admitted stabbing a teenage prisoner repeatedly with a hunting knife. One defense offered for the SEAL is that it was not clear the boy was alive at the time https://t.co/zwMQID2OPf
— Graeme Wood (@gcaw) November 17, 2019

Yesterday, Trump pardoned Edward Gallagher over Pentagon objections:
– He shot a girl in a flower-print hijab who was walking with other girls.
– Stabbed a wounded teen to death as he was being treated by medics.
– Shot an unarmed man in a white robe. https://t.co/xxE0oLChGC
— Mark Elliott (@markmobility) November 16, 2019

That “decorated Navy SEAL” murdered a teenage girl for little more than sport and was reported by a half dozen of his own men for abusing prisoners and civilians. https://t.co/oNfqOZkugJ
— Isaac Saul (@Ike_Saul) May 19, 2019

The enemy of my enemy is my friend

October 14, 2019October 13, 2019 ~ susie ~ 1 Comment

Breaking News: America’s former Kurdish allies in Syria made a deal with Damascus — a Washington foe — after the order to withdraw U.S. forces from northern Syria.https://t.co/MPY1r1uhv7
— The New York Times (@nytimes) October 14, 2019

Agreed

June 28, 2019June 27, 2019 ~ susie ~ 1 Comment

Netanyahu is a ‘war criminal’ who should be tried in The Hague, former Dutch prime minister says https://t.co/4WqxqCyA27
— Janis Sexton (@Ez4u2say_Janis) June 27, 2019

Memory lane

March 21, 2019March 20, 2019 ~ susie

Every time I see his smug face on TV, I want to hit the screen with a hammer:

If you want the detailed case for why @AriFleischer is a soulless liar & George W Bush is a war criminal, read @dylanmatt: https://t.co/RGHbd84oQ0
— David Roberts (@drvox) March 20, 2019

Memories light the corners of my mind

February 15, 2019February 14, 2019 ~ susie ~ 2 Comments

My favorite Iran-contra story? When the report was finished, it was pretty damning of Reagan and his minions. One of them had a brilliant idea: “We’ll write an executive summary that completely contradicts the findings! Reporters are lazy, they’ll never read the whole thing.” They were right. The only reporter who read it was I.F. Stone, and no one who mattered listened to him.

Right-wing media figures line up to defend Elliott Abrams, a Trump appointee complicit in crimes in Latin America https://t.co/6zgFD3p4oU pic.twitter.com/Y68bPljbSp
— Media Matters (@mmfa) February 14, 2019