tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1563135986385277974.post2904215333498565784..comments2023-10-05T11:50:29.158+01:00Comments on the man from porlock: "This thing is just getting deeper and deeper."Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1563135986385277974.post-47224043459720962422009-05-17T20:21:00.000+01:002009-05-17T20:21:00.000+01:00charlieboy, one school of thought has it that Obam...charlieboy, one school of thought has it that Obama is (as Rodney says) "playing the long game" or doing his patented "rope-a-dope" here: He's sitting back (or rather, going about his business) as the opponent punches to exhaustion at thin air, beating him- or herself to pieces, until all Big O (never breaking a sweat) has to do is waltz in just in time to collect the win. Another metaphor I've heard and rather like is "he's playing chess while they're playing checkers."<br /><br />Anyhow, but we've certainly watched this dynamic before (in the primaries, against McCain, in various legislation), and I hope that's what he's up to now too.<br /><br />While tending to the other urgencies BushCo left him, he can rely on public and legislative pressure to build and the court system to "force" the issue of a torture investigation, leading to prosecution. Perhaps it takes a year or two for all this to develop fully . . . so that -- wah-LAH -- the economy's improvement (fingers crossed) and heightened revulsion against the war criminals both come to peak ripeness just in time for the 2010 election.<br /><br />Could be wishful thinking on my part, but I don't put it past our Barack to have gamed it out something like this. (Not that I don't also believe him when he says he wants and we need to move forward. HE can move forward while this saga makes its own progress.)lotushttp://www.folo.usnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1563135986385277974.post-23703681160298596792009-05-17T08:36:00.000+01:002009-05-17T08:36:00.000+01:00When people ignore all the evidence that something...When people ignore all the evidence that something doesn't work and still go ahead and do it anyway, it means they must have another motive.<br />These torturers werent tortured to torture, they did it while having a choice not do it. Or, in the case of Cheney and the others, when they could have just said "No, it doesn't get us reliable results".<br />They cant be allowed to get away with it because it suits Obama politically not to pursue them.charlieboynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1563135986385277974.post-82610972720752887962009-05-15T18:27:00.000+01:002009-05-15T18:27:00.000+01:00Thanks, Daphne. Rodney certainly is fun to work wi...Thanks, Daphne. Rodney certainly is fun to work with.<br /><br />Aha, MSNBC's David Shuster interviewed Bob Graham this morning:<br /><br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RPG6RDo3DVglotushttp://www.folo.usnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1563135986385277974.post-16729516913156501222009-05-15T17:01:00.000+01:002009-05-15T17:01:00.000+01:00Another really good read, you two certainly contra...Another really good read, you two certainly contrast well with your styles and posts.Daphnenoreply@blogger.com