More finger pointing....

In a blog taken from the The Smirking Chimp a left leaning website in our "suggested sources" author: jomo666 ranks President Obama in the same category as his predecessor, George W. Bush. His main claim is that President Obama has done nothing, and will do nothing in pursuing punishment for the Bush Organization's use of torture throughout the former president's eight year term, and because of this lack of concern, he holds President Obama as an accomplice in their crimes.
As soon as President Bush left office, the finger pointing and the call to have the Bush Organization investigated at the hands of the Obama administration began to make itself known. While the questions were pressed even before the election, the author does make note that President Obama did say that he would not pursue an investigation,before he was elected to office. Is an investigation in the Bush Organization what this country really needs at this point in time? According to the author, yes it is important. Even though President Obama has a recession, two wars on two different fronts, the border dispute with Mexico and of course global warming, he apparently needs one more enchilada on his plate.
The author is definitely passionate on the matter, as nobody is above the law. However the cases in point that is given to the audience, which no doubt will be liberal minded readers, as this site's majority seems to be like-minded liberals; the cases in point are weak at that. At one point there is mentioned articles of the UN convention of torture and how ratifying nations are obligated to prosecute war criminals. What articles are being expressed here? Are these the Geneva Conventions? The author really doesn't give a specific reference to this, the reader is left to assume that "these articles are out there."
Another tough case in point would have to be the author's statement that Bush and Cheney are admitted war criminals. This is a broad statement indeed, yes the water boarding cases did happen under the Bush and Cheney organization, and yes Abu Gharib did happen under Bush and Cheney's watch. However, did both of these men blatantly admit to torture? The evidence is there, that is blatantly obvious, but your still innocent until proven guilty in this country.
A similarity is even used to advance the author's argument. This similarity being that directly after WWII, the trials at Nuremberg took place, and so therefore the same should be applied to Bush. Even if Bush and his organization are guilty of these crimes, you can in no way apply the same atrocities that took place in NAZI Germany to the Bush Organization, or Obama at that matter. Over 6 million dead, and the INTENT to wipe out an entire race of people, this can hardly be compared to the author's argument.
It is difficult to gather the author's credentials, with only seven blogs on this website, it is difficult to gather information on this individual. In the end though, this author has based their argument on passion. Should the Bush organization be investigated for what has taken place? This is a tough question to ask. There is just too much on President Obama's agenda right now, not to mention the political repercussions that would ensue from this. This is a question that will be long debated, and haunt the very fabric of this nation for many years to come. Nobody remembers the good you do, they only remember the bad, as unfortunate as that is. Perhaps this is something that we as a nation want to forget. Enough of the finger pointing.....