Re: Ramsey Clark
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Originally Posted by adaher
First, maybe I'm wrong, but I doubt Clark would ever defend an American or Israeli official brought to trial for war crimes.
Secondly, the statements he has made in Saddam's defense are egregrious. He's not just trying to dispute the process or cast doubt on the connection between Saddam and the massacre in question. Rather, he has tried to justify it by saying that the action was understandable in light of the assassination attempt on him. He used a similar tack with Milosevic.
The guy is an apologist for mass murderers, and only anti-American mass murderers. I'm not mad at him for being on Saddam's defense team, or Milosevic's. Everyone brought to trial deserves a defense. But Clark's support for genocidal tyrants has never been limited to trial situations.
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Maybe you don't understand the meaning of advocate.
His job is to provide the representation that is in the best interests of his client. If he can show that Bush is a war criminal and that America has committed greater atrocities than Hitler, and it gets Saddam off, or even if it just gets him a lighter sentence, he has done his job and served the higher cause of justice.
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