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"I agree with Glee3d re: prosecution of government officials; that is, *all* government officials who have committed crimes. Full investigation and accountability. Although re: the claim that the Republicans would have saved the world re: FNMA/FHLMC: a bit obsessive; anyway, I'm sure those specific people have violated other laws, so prosecute them anyway! Speaking of which-- Actually, every member of congress that voted for war funding (which is pretty much all of them, minus one or two) in any of America's criminal wars of aggression is a war criminal under international law. Much of the American military is guilty of war crimes as well. And, well, obviously, the people referred to in Rall's column are also criminals. Nearly all of the rest of the government officials can probably be gotten on taxes or other corruption.
Now, we'd basically have no government after that-- which shouldn't be taken to mean that I would object on practical grounds, because I wouldn't. What Glee3d expresses appears to demonstrate a mythologization of American politicians (particularly Republicans; of the five politicians identified for prosecution, three are Democrats and two are identified by their association with the Democratic president; I wonder if he realizes too that Geithner was appointed by George W. Bush in 2003 to head the NY Federal Reserve...); they (American politicians) are *all* guilty of something or other (exceptions are of course possible, but they are highly unlikely)-- again, that shouldn't be construed as objection to prosecution of American politicians' crimes just because "they all do it"."
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