They built a ship but never let it sail

Dane 2022-01-10 08:02:40

This movie is not about justice at all.

The reporter explained the ins and outs of this matter very clearly. After the Democratic president took office, he called the CIA and the Secretary of State together to discuss whether the previous government should be held accountable for torture and service. Those people said yes. The starting point was that the Republican Party did what it used to be. of. Then the president said, I am a post-partisan, and I still don't want it. So everyone changed their minds, except for one person, and set up a bipartisan investigation committee to investigate this matter according to his wishes.

Well, at this point, it seems that this is not a matter of when the two parties have reported injustices. One must understand a word, post-partisan. Different from partisan politics, postpartisanism is committed to eliminating the interests of this party representing a certain class, but tends to represent the general interests of the country, that is to say, it is more and more similar to bureaucrats, organizations, and companies, focusing on solving practical problems. Obama’s political ideals can be understood as a super political party to serve all Americans. I will try my best to satisfy any demands you have, whether they are political or technical. I think it can be understood as the American political parties wanting companies to set up companies. change.

Then, we can look at this prisoner abuse incident. Everyone in the movie and the movie does not want to discuss whether the prisoner abuse is justice or not, but is committed to whether it is effective or not. This was an order from the senator to the leader of the investigation team Dan. The final result of the investigation was 80 million taxpayers. It was useless for several years. This is the most intolerable and must be made public. See, this looks like, a project manager spent 80 million investors, but lost it all, and then whitewashed his behavior to obstruct the investigation of the company's directors?

Therefore, in the end, the summary of the report was made public, which was in line with Obama's postpartisan purpose, and the head of the investigative committee, Senator Feinstein, was also known for being cross-party and obscure.

Partisan disputes are often inefficient. For example, what hawks and doves are fighting. For a certain issue, the hawks say that war is okay, and the doves say that negotiation is okay. How to choose? Under partisan politics, it is voting. If the hawks win, then they will fight and spend several trillions, and finally come to the conclusion that there is no evidence to prove the existence of a big killer, and no one is responsible for these trillions of things. why? All the senators are democratically elected, and the options for war are also democratically elected. Does the final result not meet the original goal? But no politician is responsible for this. Postpartisans like Obama do not agree with such things. His idea is to think like an entrepreneur, make a feasibility study report, design a blueprint, openly bid for contractors, and make a construction plan. To do a good job in supervision, every step must be strictly in accordance with the design goals, and in accordance with the cost-benefit principle to do everything the government does.

This looks good, doesn’t it? If the taxpayer asks about this, I can take out a 6,700-page report and tell you in detail that every one of your sons was spent on a certain prisoner at a certain time and place. , What benefits have been produced. The crux of the problem is whether this postpartisanism is really doing things for the benefit of the people. In the movie, after spending 80 million, it has no effect, but all CIA personnel have not been punished, and one person is still Go to the director.

At the end of the film, the famous quote of George Washington is quoted, which seems to be a biblical motto that mankind cannot torture mankind in a way. But it is actually a kind of irony, because the whole movie is telling you that no matter how politicians claim to be party or non-party or collapse of a party, in the end no one is responsible for the wrong things, but for a non-existent voyage. Dan, who planned to work hard to build a ship, was sadly out of the game. No side wanted to keep him, and no Politburo praised his actions.

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  • Senator Dianne Feinstein: If it works, why do you need to do it 183 times?

  • New York Times Reporter: If the Times had your report, we would print it, tomorrow.

    Daniel Jones: No. If it's gonna come out, it's gonna come out the right way.