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opusprime Donating Member (292 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-29-07 02:59 PM
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15 British 'enemy combatants' held in Iran...
Playing Devil's advocate


Now that Iran has captured 15 British 'enemy combatants', I assume the radical right supports Iran torturing them, and holding them indefinately without charges.

Sorry, but I have been waiting for the opportunity. It was only a matter of time.
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EFerrari Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-29-07 03:00 PM
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1. It always comes home in some way.
God, I really do hate BushCo and I'm not supposed to hate anyone. :(
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malaise Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-29-07 03:02 PM
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2. Will Iran strip them naked and make them pose for
some photos? Why not - the West sets the standard!
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EFerrari Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-29-07 03:07 PM
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6. That's a good anti BushCo campaign -- "Trendsetters"


Thanks, Don!
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CJCRANE Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-29-07 03:03 PM
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3. Yep.
Bushco's "crusade" for "freedom" and democracy doesn't include human rights. The end result is no moral high ground.
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EFerrari Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-29-07 03:09 PM
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7. The United States has never spread democracy anywhere.
That's just code for "we have to find a way to continue to rip these people off."
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BOSSHOG Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-29-07 03:04 PM
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4. Or some dipshit
conservative military "expert" opining that the british sailor lied because she was tortured. I thought people only told the truth when they were tortured.
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opusprime Donating Member (292 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-29-07 03:07 PM
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5. Exactly...
What do we say now when we find out they were tortured.

Or even better, when Iran releases them without being tortured, and claims the humanitarian high ground.

Oh, the web we weave.
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cali Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-29-07 03:10 PM
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8. You're late.
There have been at least 3 threads and a couple of dozen comments, saying roughly the same thing.
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opusprime Donating Member (292 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-29-07 03:16 PM
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12. Is that you honey?
Sorry dear, and yes, I'll get the bread and sugar on the way home.

;-)
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Jacobin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-29-07 03:11 PM
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9. I think it's payback for the US detaining Iranians from the embassy
in Iraq.

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RL3AO Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-29-07 03:15 PM
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11. I think its just Iran wanting to drive up the price of oil and make $$$
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gratuitous Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-29-07 03:11 PM
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10. The point is accurate
It's just unfortunate that the people paying the price for the Bush administration's subversion of the law will be folks such as the British sailors. Bush, Cheney, Gonzales, Yoo and the rest of the criminal cabal will never be subjected to the lawless regime they've created and implemented.
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rec_report Donating Member (783 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-29-07 03:18 PM
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13. K&R! It's not 'devil's advocate,' it's applying the Reichwing whackjobs'
standards, across the board!!!
Great post,
Polar Bear
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