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and rescinded by the prime minister’s office last week, calls for a prisoner release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
Tags: War On Terror

