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Edited on Sun Apr-18-04 06:21 PM by 0rganism
BFEE is untouchable: too powerful, too well-connected, too popular. Even if some legal action were started, there are a lot of stool pigeons and loyalists standing in the way of getting to the key players. It would take something akin to McCarthy's HUAC to root them all out; the stench of the process would likely nullify any possible benefits of the result.
Should Kerry win the election, there will be a serious need for national reconciliation. Without it, JFK may go the way of his acronymal predecessor. Remember, too, that the legislative branch is very much under the control of GOP hardliners. Indicting large segments of the previous administration would not do a damn thing to further stability, and Kerry would be tempted to pardon them on this basis alone.
That said, there are other meaningful actions a Kerry administration could take to raise the USA out of the international doghouse. Bringing full UN oversight to the Iraqi transition would be a start. If the USA signed on with the ICC and a few other common sense treaties (land mine ban, chemical weapons ban), we'd be well on our way. Of course, Kerry will need a cooperative Senate to work these angles.
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