I certainly found it difficult to feel that Bill Colby was a man innocent of crimes against humanity.
I believe that Bill only had one thing to answer to and that was what the rules of law stated. It looks like he chose not to follow those laws. When he was asked to do otherwise, he should have resigned and said get someone else. But he didn't.
As a result of his terrible crimes, History has slaughtered him just as history has slaughtered Bush, Rumsfeld, and Blair.
I do want to thank Carl Colby for such an honest portrayal of his father. He could have left a lot of images out of his story. But instead he included ideas that were horrific. I don't feel that the story presented him as a "good man" at all.
Instead, it was an honest look at the complexity of human beings.
It did make the point that Bill at least wanted to make some sort of admission of guilt for what he had been involved with.
Who know what any of us would have done in his shoes in those times.
I think the world (especially the United States) should stop interfering in other countries affairs. We have now witnessed the mess of the middle east today after years of thinking that we know is best for other people.
It is actually quite simple. We need to follow international law every time and not just when it suits us.
My work is about peace. I spent several years and several trips to Iraq trying to understand our world.
The main thing that I discovered is that our governments are liars.
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