Psyche, Science, and Society

Richrd Clarke: Don’t let warmongerers back into polite society

June 8th, 2008

As regular readers know, I have been calling for accountability for those who authorized and directed US torture. Former antiterrorism official Richard Clarke has a similar idea regarding those responsible for the Iraq war. He calls for accountability for those who launched this disastrous war based upon lies.

Think Progress has the transcript. Here is the critical portion:

CLARKE: Well, there may be some other kind of remedy. There may be some sort of truth and reconciliation commission process that’s been tried in other countries, South Africa, Salvador and what not, where if you come forward and admit that you were in error or admit that you lied, admit that you did something, then you’re forgiven. Otherwise, you are censured in some way.

Now, I just don’t think we can let these people back into polite society and give them jobs on university boards and corporate boards and just let them pretend that nothing ever happened when there are 4,000 Americans dead and 25,000 Americans grieviously wounded, and they’ll carry those wounds and suffer all the rest of their lives.

Entry Filed under: Bush administration, Iraq, War Crimes, War and Peace