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This is the people's democracy. We are the people, these were our elected officials. That they did not come to us and ask to act thusly in our names is unfortunate, indeed criminal, but it is also almost irrelevant. They worked for us, they tortured people, and so we have tortured people.
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Indeed. And until we prosecute those who are guilty, we are just as complicit, morally and in the eyes of the world.
Update:
And as our buddy 'Nucks reminds us:
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We prosecuted and executed Japanese and German prisoners of war for doing exactly the same fucking thing to our soldiers after the end of World War II. [em in orig]
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