Amnesty For Terrorists?
Officials in Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki's government announced an amnesty plan for terrorists:
The plan, quickly and mysteriously released and rescinded by the prime minister's office last week, calls for a prisoner release and pardons for those "not proven guilty in crimes and clear terrorist activities" and a review of the process by which former members of Saddam Hussein's Baath Party are removed from public life.The plan includes an organization that has shades of South Africa's Truth and Reconciliation Commission or El Salvador's Comisión de la Verdad:
The amnesty plan, which apparently includes many insurgents who have staged attacks against Americans and Iraqis, calls for the creation of a national committee and local subcommittees to welcome insurgents and begin a "truthful national dialogue in dealing with contradicting visions and stances," according to a version of the plan published in an Iraqi newspaper yesterday.What seems oddest about this is that most domestic opposition comes from Democrats on this issue. I don't get it - they vociferously opposed Bush's de-Ba'athification plan, and much of the Democrats' leadership have been preaching cut-and-run and other linguini-spined positions - so this sudden on-cue 'tough guy' approach seems most out of character indeed. Perhaps, like a stopped clock, they occasionally lurch into the truth in spite of themselves.
Crossposted from WILLisms.com
