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Hissyspit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-29-09 11:10 PM Original message |
Obama Asks Australia to Take Guantanamo Detainees |
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Truthiness Inspector (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-29-09 11:15 PM Response to Original message |
1. Who wouldn't want them? |
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Idealism (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-29-09 11:15 PM Response to Original message |
2. I hope they accept our passing the buck |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-29-09 11:29 PM Response to Reply #2 |
5. ABC's reported that the Rudd government will look at them on a case by case basis |
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Swagman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-30-09 10:18 AM Response to Reply #5 |
27. since we in Australia helped create the whole debacle we are |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-31-09 10:17 AM Response to Reply #5 |
31. I'm guessing the American taxpayer will be the one who owes them. |
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merh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-29-09 11:43 PM Response to Reply #2 |
7. Isn't that how Australia was settled |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-29-09 11:57 PM Response to Reply #7 |
11. Yep. And in those days, throwing someone in jail and keeping them there |
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merh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-29-09 11:59 PM Response to Reply #11 |
12. Which is probably the same thing that can be said for |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-30-09 12:10 AM Response to Reply #12 |
14. They'd probably do fine in San Francisco. |
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merh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-30-09 12:25 AM Response to Reply #14 |
15. From what I read, the ones that remain were those that no nation |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-30-09 12:39 AM Response to Reply #15 |
17. The program could do the job but the government probably doesn't want |
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merh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-30-09 12:44 AM Response to Reply #17 |
18. Mafia assassins are members of the witness protection program |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-30-09 12:51 AM Response to Reply #18 |
19. Yeah, it couldn't hurt. It's a good idea. n/t |
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merh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-30-09 12:59 AM Response to Reply #19 |
21. I've written them so many time, they probably have a waste can |
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Swagman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-30-09 10:16 AM Response to Reply #7 |
26. yes..stealing a loaf of bread got you life at the other end of the world |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-31-09 10:22 AM Response to Reply #7 |
32. Terrorist is not exactly the same as an embezzler or thief,. |
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merh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-31-09 11:13 AM Response to Reply #32 |
36. Actually, in Georgia most were debtors and religious/political prisoners. |
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Selatius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-29-09 11:17 PM Response to Original message |
3. If Bush ran the US as a dictatorship, it wouldn't matter if they were returned to China or Australia |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-31-09 10:30 AM Response to Reply #3 |
33. Bush did run the US dang close to a dictatorship, just 4 years at a time. |
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NYC_SKP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-29-09 11:24 PM Response to Original message |
4. But everyone said Bush=Obama was going to "preventively detain" them forever!!! |
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Truthiness Inspector (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-29-09 11:33 PM Response to Reply #4 |
6. And hope these wonderful guys |
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NYC_SKP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-29-09 11:48 PM Response to Reply #6 |
8. Actually, |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-30-09 12:10 AM Response to Reply #8 |
13. Here's what the opposition in Oz thinks that sort of opinion: |
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mbperrin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-31-09 10:41 AM Response to Reply #13 |
35. Yes, I've been wondering how come these "thoroughly dangerous" |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-29-09 11:54 PM Response to Reply #6 |
10. The Uighurs are an oppressed minority in China. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-29-09 11:53 PM Response to Reply #4 |
9. Not the Uighurs. They've been set for release for a long time |
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snowdays (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-30-09 01:42 PM Response to Reply #4 |
29. Question. Doesn't preventive detention also refer to future |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-31-09 10:31 AM Response to Reply #4 |
34. Link, please. |
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provis99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-30-09 12:30 AM Response to Original message |
16. so America shits all over the world and Australia has to clean up |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-30-09 12:56 AM Response to Reply #16 |
20. Because the right wing owns the mass media. n/t |
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FrenchieCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-30-09 01:11 AM Response to Reply #20 |
22. Amen! |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-30-09 05:00 PM Response to Reply #22 |
30. That's one thing we will always agree on, FrenchieCat! |
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Downwinder (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-30-09 01:20 AM Response to Reply #20 |
23. I'd take the Uighurs over Rupert Murdoch any day. |
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Swagman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-30-09 10:21 AM Response to Reply #23 |
28. the US has yet sussed out we dumped Rupert Murdoch on them |
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MasonJar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-30-09 09:00 AM Response to Original message |
24. Since we won't take any. we have a lot of nerve asking our allies to |
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fascisthunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-30-09 09:34 AM Response to Original message |
25. embarrassing |
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