jimwilliam wrote:
Yes you do Oskar. If it implicates only individuals it's no big deal but how do you undo entire policies, directions and election results? As an analogy, let's use the Tom Delay conviction. He may be punished but his actions have influenced the entire history of Texas and its citizens for gosh knows how long. There's not going to be any do-overs for elections since 2002 or changes to the redistribution of districts. The effect of what he has done is far wider than just money laundering and they won't go away or even change for long into the future.
Even if Chretin were bribed or threatened or whatever to get us into Afghanistan (and this is just an example with, hopefully, no basis in truth), there is no way to undo the fact we were there, are there and probably will remain there in some capacity for a long time.
That which is already done cannot be undone but I certainly DO want to know how we got to where we are and, hopefully, we can avoid getting into the same kinds of messes. However, if we simply ignore it all, how can we improve?
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