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Bonobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 07:53 PM Original message |
Would Cuba have been right to send a hit squad to US to kill Orlando Bosch? |
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pintobean (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 07:58 PM Response to Original message |
1. Oh, geeze. Again? |
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Liberal Veteran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 08:15 PM Response to Reply #1 |
13. No. It's like this. |
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pintobean (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 08:18 PM Response to Reply #13 |
14. Thank you LV |
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xchrom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 07:59 PM Response to Original message |
2. Given current justification: yes. Nt |
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Fuddnik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 08:00 PM Response to Original message |
3. Nah, they would have invaded Biscayne Bay. |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 08:01 PM Response to Original message |
4. Sure. Plus it would have been ok to cause a lot of collateral damage. |
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yawnmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 08:02 PM Response to Original message |
5. From Cuba's frame of context, it probably would be okay... |
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Bonobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 08:05 PM Response to Reply #5 |
7. And that's all I am trying to get people to see. |
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originalpckelly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 08:24 PM Response to Reply #7 |
18. What we really need is a strong world government. |
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hack89 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-11 02:13 PM Response to Reply #18 |
56. Hopefully you are kidding. |
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Nevernose (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 08:51 PM Response to Reply #7 |
30. I'm not sure how much "morality" or "justftcation" play into things in the real world |
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Bonobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 08:56 PM Response to Reply #30 |
32. Yes, these are big questions. |
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sabrina 1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 09:14 PM Response to Reply #7 |
37. Yes, the standards we are using if they're good for us, are good |
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The Magistrate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 08:03 PM Response to Original message |
6. Certainly, Sir |
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Bonobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 08:07 PM Response to Reply #6 |
9. And the fact that they could not do so underscores the fact that might makes right. |
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The Magistrate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 08:08 PM Response to Reply #9 |
10. Nowhere, Sir: One Does What One can, And Forgoes what one Cannot |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 09:06 PM Response to Reply #9 |
34. "the fact that might makes right." |
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Bonobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 09:08 PM Response to Reply #34 |
35. They were crimes. Crimes are dealt with with laws. |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 09:12 PM Response to Reply #35 |
36. Here |
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Bonobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 09:15 PM Response to Reply #36 |
38. It is a bit disingenuous to write special case laws to fit immediate desires. |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 09:20 PM Response to Reply #38 |
41. What? |
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sabrina 1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 09:19 PM Response to Reply #36 |
40. That only applies to the US. So, all another country has to do |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 09:23 PM Response to Reply #40 |
42. What? |
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sabrina 1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 09:53 PM Response to Reply #42 |
44. The US has passed laws, unfortunately, that have given |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 09:55 PM Response to Reply #44 |
45. That |
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sabrina 1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 10:01 PM Response to Reply #45 |
46. Are you serious? |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 10:04 PM Response to Reply #46 |
47. Hmmm? |
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onenote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-11 12:11 PM Response to Reply #46 |
52. every country in the world is drawing up their own versions of the Patriot Act? |
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Ikonoklast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 08:06 PM Response to Original message |
8. Sure, why not? |
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Bonobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 08:09 PM Response to Reply #8 |
12. Because they are not "strong enough" to have done so... |
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Ikonoklast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 08:22 PM Response to Reply #12 |
15. If they had the capability and failed to employ it, is a different question. |
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Bonobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 08:25 PM Response to Reply #15 |
19. Agreed, but how many people cheering will not even admit that? |
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Ikonoklast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 08:42 PM Response to Reply #19 |
25. One must determine where to draw the line in the shifting sands of morality. |
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Bonobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 08:45 PM Response to Reply #25 |
27. Good post. |
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Ikonoklast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 08:52 PM Response to Reply #27 |
31. I am leery of 'laws'. They are an artificial construct, nothing more. |
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yawnmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-11 12:00 PM Response to Reply #12 |
50. I believe you have been working on a false premise, that one has to be strong enough to ... |
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aikoaiko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 08:09 PM Response to Original message |
11. I don't think I would care either way. |
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neverforget (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 08:22 PM Response to Original message |
16. Chile did it in Washington DC on Sept 21, 1976 |
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Commie Pinko Dirtbag (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 08:33 PM Response to Reply #16 |
23. Letelier was not a terrorist or murderer. -nt |
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neverforget (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 08:49 PM Response to Reply #23 |
28. linked to it only because a foreign nation killed one of their nationals |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 08:24 PM Response to Original message |
17. It would not fit the Cuban narrative. |
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Bonobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 08:26 PM Response to Reply #17 |
20. Much better to keep them on Death Row for 20 years and then execute them. |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 08:59 PM Response to Reply #20 |
33. Well, I didn't say Cuba would have been wrong to do what you proposed in the OP. |
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Keith Bee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 08:30 PM Response to Original message |
21. Who says they didn't? |
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former9thward (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 08:43 PM Response to Reply #21 |
26. Who are you talking about? Bosch did not die in a plane crash. |
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Commie Pinko Dirtbag (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 08:30 PM Response to Original message |
22. HELL YES, and lo and behold, Luis Posada Carriles, unlike Bosch, is still alive! |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 08:33 PM Response to Original message |
24. K & R |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 08:50 PM Response to Original message |
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DainBramaged (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 09:16 PM Response to Original message |
39. I'll take the big red X for $1000 Alex |
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provis99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 09:29 PM Response to Reply #39 |
43. If America does it, its ok; if anyone else does it, its not ok. |
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Bonobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 10:47 PM Response to Reply #43 |
48. In the end, that seems to be what it comes down to -and everyone here knows it. nt |
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yawnmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-11 11:58 AM Response to Reply #43 |
49. wrong. to some it will be okay, to others it won't be okay. Just like this situation. eom |
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Better Believe It (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-11 12:04 PM Response to Original message |
51. When the Cuban government sent agents into right-wing terrorist groups guess who went to prison. |
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Baby Bear (104 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-11 12:46 PM Response to Original message |
53. Of Course Not |
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Commie Pinko Dirtbag (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-11 01:51 PM Response to Reply #53 |
55. I assume the OP, by "supporting", meant "agreeing" or "applauding", not "participating". |
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Puregonzo1188 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-11 01:36 PM Response to Original message |
54. Was just about to post this. Thank you. He died too last week, but all the newspaper articles just |
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hack89 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-11 02:16 PM Response to Original message |
57. Sure - if they were willing to accept the consequences. nt |
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