they reacted to a national tragedy by lying to start a war on false pretenses, normalizing torture, extrajudicial punishment, and assassination, and expanding the surveilance/police state to unprecedented levels which have not been rolled back and probably never will be.
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The rehabilitation of neocons (NeverTrumpers among libs, Trumpers among cons) vindicates libs/leftists who argued that defeating Bush et al & GOP in big electoral wipeouts (2006 & 2008) would not bury neocons but merely put them in timeout.https://twitter.com/dkpseudo/status/938011641303613440 …
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GOP & Trump losing big electorally in 2018 & 2020 won't be enuf for Dems. Not sure if Mueller putting Trump et al in prison will satisfy Dems if they're put away on only lesser charges.
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Some ppl have an unconscious moral statute of limitations where the longer a leader hasn't done or said anything bad, the more credibly he's signaling a change in his character (ignoring the fact that latter is out of power). Deterrence should be certain, severe, & swift.
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Losing election & humiliated by media isn't severe enough & its meaning to public is often unclear & contradictory. Imprisonment sets stronger precedent & incentive for future politicians to avoid repeating example of disgraced regime.
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The best educators & priests of democracy's evolving civil religion are not teachers, journalists, academics, or activists; they are judges & prison guards.
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