tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36646589.post970211745325018062..comments2023-10-30T19:03:59.225+01:00Comments on David Seaton's News Links: The world in waitingDavid Seaton's Newslinkshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00269813419598042699noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36646589.post-39456596607787435492008-11-18T16:32:00.000+01:002008-11-18T16:32:00.000+01:00I think that Obama will finally prove that the col...I think that Obama will finally prove that the color of a person's skin is meaningless and that a black skin offers no more guarantee of authenticity than a white skin does.David Seaton's Newslinkshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00269813419598042699noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36646589.post-68394428828680397092008-11-18T13:17:00.000+01:002008-11-18T13:17:00.000+01:00I suspect that you are not the type to nervously p...I suspect that you are not the type to nervously pace the waiting room, but I wouldn't build up any great "hope" that the president-elect will be midwifing the demise of American exceptionalism. On CBS the other night, he said he will rebuild "our moral stature" in the world, but, according to an article in Le Monde recently, some of his collaborators have anonymously, of course, let it be known that there will be NO prosecution of anyone in the Bush administration for authorizing torture, let alone cooking up an illegal invasion. These sources say it is better to move on to this new moral stature-building than to clarify the past. This, of course, assumes that regaining a lost moral stature can be accomplished without showing the world that America is a nation of laws that is willing to prosecute its citizens it suspects responsible for war crimes. It appears that the incoming administration also believes that Americans are beyond the reach of the type of prosecution we meted out in Nuremburg; that those torturing were merely following orders and shouldn't be punished for doing their duty. It's time to move on, as in 2000 after the recount fiasco. Change like this is very easy to believe in. Prosecution, like impeachment, would seem to be off the table.<BR/>America's electing a black man to the presidency is a huge accomplishment that I in no way belittle, especially as it was done at a time when we are facing daunting problems. That may be the only change the world will see. I hope I and his anonymous advisors are wrong.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36646589.post-35818446806040899192008-11-18T07:37:00.000+01:002008-11-18T07:37:00.000+01:00Well, not exactly "tongue in cheek". If you told m...Well, not exactly "tongue in cheek". If you told me that you were in training to be the next heavyweight boxing champion, I would be solicitous and supportive. I'm that kinda guy.David Seaton's Newslinkshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00269813419598042699noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36646589.post-11345248358221340212008-11-18T00:31:00.000+01:002008-11-18T00:31:00.000+01:00Could it be that David Seaton is actually allowing...Could it be that David Seaton is actually allowing for possible greatness in the Obama camp, or is there a tongue in a cheek?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com