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KansasVoter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-22-09 01:50 PM Original message |
LOL....Let another country hold one of our soldiers with no charges forever and see what we do! |
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LynnTheDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-22-09 02:15 PM Response to Original message |
1. Imagine a 8-yr old American boy being raped by guards while being held in jail |
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PassingFair (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-22-09 03:04 PM Response to Original message |
2. Can't compare the two...we have "soldiers" and they are "Muslins"... |
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Clio the Leo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-22-09 06:23 PM Response to Original message |
3. Was our guy committing a war crime? |
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KansasVoter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-22-09 07:17 PM Response to Reply #3 |
6. OK, so the troops who broke laws, you think we would have been ok with..... |
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Clio the Leo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-22-09 08:51 PM Response to Reply #6 |
7. They were US citizens, subject to US laws ........ try again. ;-) NT |
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ima_sinnic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-23-09 06:21 AM Response to Reply #7 |
16. we are holding citizens of other countries who are subject to their country's laws |
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rug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-22-09 09:02 PM Response to Reply #3 |
9. Dozens are being held by the U.S. military without even an accusation. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-23-09 12:31 AM Response to Reply #3 |
11. A war crime like being a baker? Or a photographer? Or a teenager? |
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leftofthedial (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-23-09 12:37 AM Response to Reply #3 |
13. the Gitmo detainees are not accused of committing war crimes either. |
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ima_sinnic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-23-09 06:24 AM Response to Reply #3 |
17. under "preventive detention," it won't matter. They won't be charged with ANYthing |
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DireStrike (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-24-09 11:36 AM Response to Reply #3 |
25. If crimes are committed we can try and convict or release. |
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Thothmes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-22-09 06:56 PM Response to Original message |
4. Which country is Al Quida |
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lunatica (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-22-09 08:57 PM Response to Reply #4 |
8. Iraq is a country. It's where the torture is known to have happended |
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Thothmes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-23-09 05:11 AM Response to Reply #8 |
14. How many of the prisoners held at Abu Grahib |
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lunatica (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-23-09 09:39 AM Response to Reply #14 |
20. The iraqi army was disbanded by the US. They were never an issue |
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Thothmes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-23-09 05:42 PM Response to Reply #20 |
23. So the answer is none. If there were no prisoners of war |
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StrongBad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-22-09 07:02 PM Response to Original message |
5. Did our soldier/citizen declare intention to harm their country on the record? |
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stevietheman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-22-09 11:54 PM Response to Original message |
10. Essentially calling al Qaeda members "soldiers" is an extreme stretch. n/t |
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leftofthedial (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-23-09 12:36 AM Response to Original message |
12. we might overlook it |
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L. Coyote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-23-09 06:17 AM Response to Original message |
15. Why a soldier, why not anyone at random, without determining their guilt of anything |
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Are_grits_groceries (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-23-09 06:29 AM Response to Original message |
18. This country already flipped |
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lunatica (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-23-09 09:48 AM Response to Reply #18 |
21. He (there were more than one) was not a soldier |
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ima_sinnic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-23-09 06:29 AM Response to Original message |
19. "soldiers"? what about tourists or aid workers who happen to be trapped in an occupation? |
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ClarkUSA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-23-09 10:00 AM Response to Original message |
22. American soldiers have been decapitated and dismembered by al-Qaeda in Iraq. (links -->) |
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Vinca (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-24-09 11:29 AM Response to Original message |
24. Well, there are the 2 women being held by the North Koreans. |
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