When we decided to re-emphasis accountability, as it is not a new concept, of our politicians and other leaders I think it's important to remember that the point was to get at the truth of what they thought was going on at the time of their decisions, what they thought the reaction to their decision would be, and what the full reasoning behind their decisions (which is in part based on the first of these three) and compare it to what they were saying when everything to begin and to based any punishment (not to say automatically there should be a punishment) on the difference between the two. It was not to be used as a release to lash out because we don't now like the result of their decisions.
