Reply #22: You call it a flip flop, I call it Political wisdom. [View All]

Those same groups, the ACLU, HRC, etc. were crying out during the last administration as well. Now they have their way. Once the memos make the light of day, Obama et.al can begin the process of summoning the will to prevent (for some time at least) the abuses from happening again and, hopefully, create some evidence for the prosecution. The pre-pardon is to help gather evidence, standard legal maneuver.

I will gladly eat my hat in disgust in 3 years if none of these bastards having legal reprisals and/or prosecutions.

The Afghanistan question. I don't know. Currently their is a collective will and desire to continue in Afghanistan. Maybe this is a cynical move on Obama's part, maybe the pressure is having some effect on Pakistani politics. Whatever it is, I am do not sympathize with interventionists or war-mongers. It seems that war is politics. I am just happy that we are pulling from Iraq. I fully expect and hope that America is punished for its invasion of the Middle East.