Cheney and justice for torture victims

[Kurmudgeon]

http://www.cnn.com/2011/09/23/opinion/dorfman-cheney-torture/index.html?hpt=hp_bn9
"Dick Cheney, it has been said, fears that "somebody will Pinochet him."

This extraordinary grammatical twist of the word Pinochet cannot be found in Cheney's recently published memoirs. It was used in several television interviews by Col. Lawrence Wilkerson, the former chief of staff to Colin Powell, to suggest that George W. Bush's vice president dreads the possibility that he, like Gen. Augusto Pinochet, Chile's late dictator, will be put on trial for crimes against humanity in a foreign land."

[Demeter]

1. And the downside to this is?

[GreenStormCloud]

2. Won't happen. No U.S. President will surrender any amount of U.S. sovereignty. N/T

[saras]

4. Not willingly. But our power to enforce our will is rapidly dissipating.

[GreenStormCloud]

6. What country is going to invade to take him prisoner? N/T

[txlibdem]

3. He's more machine than man; twisted and evil

[saras]

5. Twisted and evil yes. Machine, no. Death stars are fantasies, not real machines.

He's a human being, and hence deserves human justice. He recognizes the rights, and the souls, he's trampling perfectly well. He knows what he's doing, and has taken pleasure in it his whole adult life, so he's not a sociopath, oblivious to others. He LIKES hurting them.

No, "machine" is just an excuse. Serial killer is closer to the truth. It captures his premeditation, his long history, and his pride in a job well done.