Over the years I have seen countless TV shows in which a smart detective tried to find ways to sidestep diplomatic immunity in order to send behind bars foreigners who committed a crime on US soil. It seems therefore that Americans value accountability. If you do a crime, you do the time is a popular motto in the U.S.
Now we see the President of the United states pardoning a convicted criminal that helped his administration destroy a political opponent who was just trying to say the truth. Conservative representatives seem to be very happy with this move. However I cannot imagine the American people backing such an outrageous decision.
Who really believes that the sentence was too harsh? Thousands have died because of pre-war lies spread by the President and his entourage. Valerie Plame’s life and career was deliberately destroyed by Lewis Libby. This was proven by the case’s prosecutor and a jury declared him guilty despite countless attempts by his political friends to cast a positive light on this sinister character.
At this point it is clear that George W. Bush has lost any moral authority he had left. However, this scandal goes way beyond the Presidency. The political right has always claimed the ownership of the words morality and decency. It is evident that we must all hope that these values can be found elsewhere, because when it comes to the Republicans, the facts have proven that they see them simply as empty words.