James has commentary on the War and Economic Crimes commission in Liberia, where he grew up. It includes a link to his comments in 2010 about a similar commission. Both are recommended.
I note that the original commission had the word "truth" in its title - a bad sign, to my mind. Left or right, anyone in America using that seems to inevitably be telling only one side of the story, and apparently this in true in other countries, where the consequences can be even more violent and dire. Yes there are oppressors, who may even deserve the lion's share of the accountability. But rebel groups have sins of their own, and glossing over those is ultimately a recipe for disaster. As James's examples unfortunately illustrate.
I have a fear that we are moving increasingly in that direction in this country, and the West in general.
I used to say in the psych biz that there was no one more difficult to deal with than a borderline (BPD)* with a legitimate grievance.
*Contrary to the Wikipedia entry, I do not see that Edvard Munch had BPD. This seems based on the remnants of psychoanalytic theory still present in the 1980s.
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