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Demeter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-12-09 09:54 AM Original message |
Barack Obama, Torture Enabler By Ted Rall |
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ClarkUSA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-12-09 09:58 AM Response to Original message |
1. Really? Is that why Pres. Obama is closing Gitmo and CIA black sites and told the world... |
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MannyGoldstein (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-12-09 10:03 AM Response to Reply #1 |
3. My Understanding Is That Obama Is Defending Outsourced Torture |
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ClarkUSA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-12-09 10:16 AM Response to Reply #3 |
4. How did you reach this "understanding"? Ted Rall is not a credible source, IMO. |
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MannyGoldstein (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-12-09 10:56 AM Response to Reply #4 |
5. The NY Times |
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ClarkUSA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-12-09 11:11 AM Response to Reply #5 |
6. That article has plenty of caveats to what you're implying... |
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MannyGoldstein (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-12-09 11:24 AM Response to Reply #6 |
7. "if the approved techniques were “not sufficient”..." |
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ClarkUSA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-12-09 11:33 AM Response to Reply #7 |
8. "... to get a detainee to divulge details he was suspected of knowing about an imminent attack..." |
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MannyGoldstein (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-12-09 11:41 AM Response to Reply #8 |
11. Same Argument Used By the Bush Administration |
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ClarkUSA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-12-09 11:48 AM Response to Reply #11 |
14. Really? BushCo banned waterboarding as torture, as the Obama administration has? I had no idea. |
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MannyGoldstein (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-12-09 08:22 PM Response to Reply #14 |
15. You're Being Silly Now, Of Course |
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ClarkUSA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 11:20 AM Response to Reply #15 |
16. I was responding to your "silly" attempts to equate Team O's attitude towards torture w/ BushCo's. |
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Demeter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-12-09 11:34 AM Response to Reply #6 |
9. You BELIEVE? |
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ClarkUSA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-12-09 11:38 AM Response to Reply #9 |
10. Yes, I do, after reviewing all the actions that he has taken so far; see reply #6 and #8 for details |
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Demeter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-12-09 11:41 AM Response to Reply #10 |
12. There's a Sucker Born Every Minute |
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ClarkUSA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-12-09 11:47 AM Response to Reply #12 |
13. Do you have anything to add to the discussion besides childish ad hominem attacks? |
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soryang (642 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 07:37 PM Response to Reply #13 |
18. Holder is pushing state secrets beyond a John Yoo wet dream |
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90-percent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-12-09 10:01 AM Response to Original message |
2. Don't single out Barack |
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pat_k (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-13-09 07:14 PM Response to Original message |
17. "America is a nation of laws--laws enforced by Spain" -- Priceless! n/t |
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