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mdmc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-22-10 05:31 PM Original message |
We can't close GITMO because we engaged in war crimes.. |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-22-10 05:34 PM Response to Original message |
1. Disregarding Habeas Corpus is the mark of a dictator, under whatever aegis or guise. |
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Nuclear Unicorn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-22-10 05:47 PM Response to Reply #1 |
8. In strictly constitutional terms congress can authorize the suspension of HC |
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FiveGoodMen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-22-10 06:18 PM Response to Reply #8 |
17. During the run-up to the Iraq invasion I heard many people debating whether Bush had the authority |
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Nuclear Unicorn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-22-10 08:12 PM Response to Reply #17 |
21. Well, they elected people who represented their side of the argument.. |
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FiveGoodMen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-23-10 01:07 PM Response to Reply #21 |
25. Your view of right and wrong seems to be entirely about strategy and not about ... |
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enough (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-22-10 05:37 PM Response to Original message |
2. Well said. k&r (nt) |
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FiveGoodMen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-22-10 05:38 PM Response to Original message |
3. What would ANYONE here have said if that came from Bush? |
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Capitalocracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-22-10 05:47 PM Response to Reply #3 |
9. It's not. Not at all. Not in the slightest. |
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FiveGoodMen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-22-10 05:48 PM Response to Reply #9 |
10. "Put him in jail with Bush" is right. |
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Capitalocracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-22-10 06:30 PM Response to Reply #10 |
19. Just occurred to me that... |
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FiveGoodMen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-22-10 06:31 PM Response to Reply #19 |
20. We probably are NOT supposed to say it. |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-23-10 01:10 PM Response to Reply #3 |
26. Bush would not have said it, as he actively supported his own |
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sarcasmo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-22-10 05:39 PM Response to Original message |
4. The War machine marches on. |
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phleshdef (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-22-10 05:41 PM Response to Original message |
5. Yea, I was saying this before Obama was ever elected. |
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Capitalocracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-22-10 05:49 PM Response to Reply #5 |
11. These people do not represent a threat to our democracy |
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phleshdef (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-22-10 06:06 PM Response to Reply #11 |
14. All I know is I'm glad I'm not tasked with making the decision either way. |
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bemildred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-22-10 05:43 PM Response to Original message |
6. Yep, we are fucked, or disgraced, or whatever. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-22-10 05:44 PM Response to Original message |
7. In a nutshell. And I haven't heard that the black site at Bagram is out of business. n/t |
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FormerDittoHead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-22-10 05:54 PM Response to Original message |
12. Well, it's not like he said he was going to close it or anything like that... |
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markpkessinger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-22-10 06:01 PM Response to Original message |
13. This is what happens when . . . |
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phleshdef (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-22-10 06:07 PM Response to Reply #13 |
15. Or this is what happens when we don't follow the rule of law to begin with. |
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FiveGoodMen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-22-10 06:30 PM Response to Reply #13 |
18. Giving a president the power of a king is the total undoing of the American revolution |
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struggle4progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-22-10 06:11 PM Response to Original message |
16. Does anybody have any idea how to solve the political problem? |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-23-10 01:11 PM Response to Reply #16 |
27. If people really cared, they'd be pressuring the members of Congress involved. |
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Angry Dragon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-22-10 10:01 PM Response to Original message |
22. I wrote to the president the other day and told |
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Capitalocracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-22-10 10:28 PM Response to Reply #22 |
23. Careful |
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Angry Dragon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-22-10 10:34 PM Response to Reply #23 |
24. At this point in time I really do not give a damn |
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