On Oct 17, 5:37*pm, wrote:
On Thu, 16 Oct 2008 22:55:13 -0700 (PDT), DaveS
wrote:

On Oct 16, 3:34*pm, Lazarus Cooke
wrote:
Since you guys are obsessed with your own local elections, here's the
elephant:

http://tinyurl.com/4hgyuh

It's sad that no-one's talking about it.

Are you friggin' serious? * This isn't even a mouse in a football
(either version) stadium...







L

Has anybody been punished for authorising or being a member of the
death squads the British used to execute Irish dissidents in Northern
Ireland? Or participants in the Israeli assassination program who hold
dual citizenship and even have book and speaking tours in the US and
Europe? Or the CIA personnel who acceded to the execution of their
fellow American citizens in Chile? Or the Dutch troops who stood aside
while the Serbs executed at least 7000 Muslims in Bosnia? Or the
European businessmen who supplied both sides in the Congo wars that
have killed something like 2 million people? Etc etc.

I believe that what the US has done is wrong and the purps need to be
put on trial. However, the US doesn't hold a monopoly on extra
judicial proceedings as some in Europe seem to believe nowadays.

Well, now fair's fair - can you really compare something as mundane as
7000 or even 2 million innocent people being slaughtered to the horror
of waterboarding a few hardcore terrorism suspects? *Sheesh. *It's not
like they were using cattle prods, vice grips and a drill to find out
where some kid got his few joints' worth of grass. *And to save time,
yes, I think it ought to be OK to waterboard certain suspects under
controlled and very limited circumstances because it works in controlled
and very limited circumstances.



Dave
General Washington himself established the doctrine in the
Revolutionary Army that, unlike the British and their German
hirelings, the Revolutionary Army would not execute or torture
prisoners. This policy became a significant advantage as word spread
that surrendered Brits and Hessians could become Americans and build a
new life in the new world.

EUREKA! *That's it, there's the answer - the US should just offer bin
Laden "American" citizenship and maybe a hack license or a nice little
bodega in a lively Manhattan neighborhood or a 10k gold jewelry cart in
a busy mall or something and he'll forget all about that "DEATH TO
INFIDELS!!" shtick...

Sheesh,
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"Torture them all, let the CIA sort them out"?

Next thing, you'll be supporting the idea of 'if you have nothing to
hide, why do you oppose wiretapping?'

Hell, why even have courts....we can all recognize a guilty person a
mile off.

--riverman