Excellent questions being asked, as usual, by Larisa Alexandrovna over at atlargely.com, followed there by some equally thought-provoking commentary from readers. Unfortunate that even with all the “change” and “hope” promised we can’t find reasonable debate, let alone any answers, in the quite un-changed corporate media…

And since Obama and his legal team can’t even agree with each other on basic legal foundations–such as habeas corpus, and Obama’s administration is backing immunity for John Yoo and other heinous torture proponents, the thought that this (alleged) KSM & Friends ‘trial’ will even begin to sort things out seems pretty silly. But why try to sort things out and reassess America’s standing on basic human value? Instead, let’s all focus on outrageous statements attributed to this group so we won’t make a fuss when 17,000 MORE troops head into Afghanistan, when US drones bomb MORE civilians in Pakistan, when our troops DON’T leave Iraq, when all the “other Gitmos” are NOT closed, and when NO ONE is held accountable for torturing, sometimes to death, people around the world. Heck, it’s worked for years and years! Yep, rev up the hatred-machine again and beat the drums of vengeance-war more loudly, so the rising wail of voices demanding justice for all humanity will be drowned out. Again…