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TORTURE: A MATTER OF OPINION OR A QUESTION OF LEGALITY
busboy, you say that my senario is slanted and unrealistic. How so? John Cuey admitted he had taken Jessica. Are we to now discount the confessions of murderers? It is you who is trying to present a slanted and unrealistic senario with Mr. Anderson.
Also, KSM was one of the detainees waterboarded. There is no proof, nor has there been any claims that he was "slapped around". But to make it sound even worse, you make references to Louisville Sluggers and tire irons. And yet, you admit that you, as Mark Lundsford, would resort to any technique at your disposal to find your daughter.
See, you can't really deal in fact. You, like all those from the left, must create a senario that really has nothing to do with fact. It is called the "yeah, but" argument. And it, and you, are equally lame.
Now, proving how clueless you are you don't seem to realize that you do not drown from waterboarding. It only gives the person the impression of drowning.
So, under your "no waterboarding EVER" policy, can we now arrest and prosecute those "peace" protesters who are seen in orange jumpsuits carrying their signs protesting the war and waterboarding each other in the streets of D.C.?
There was a big deal over Christopher Hitchins subjecting himself to waterboarding. He determined it was, in fact, "torture" yet Hitchens seems to have no permanent damage or even any physical signs he has ever been "tortured". I wonder if Hitchens would be willing to have his hand cut off to see if Saddam's methods were really "torture"?
Comment Posted By retire05 On 21.12.2008 @ 13:38
Senario:
Your name is Mark Lundsford. Your daughter has been kidnapped and the police have John Cuey in custody and says he knows where she is as he has put her in a dark hole in the ground but won't tell them where. The police also tell you that there is a possibility she is still alive but unless they find her soon, she will die.
Would you waterboard John Cuey to get the information on your daughter's location? Or would you stick to your beliefs that waterboarding is torture and not to be used in any circumstances knowing that your daughter will probably die?
I have asked this question many times of those who do not support waterboarding. No one would ever give me a direct answer. Some have told me that my senario is not practical, or that is is not applicable because of our laws.
Taking the moral high ground is a great thing to do, but it will not impress one jihadist whose goal is to see Americans dead. Instead, it is considered a weakness of the "paper tiger".
Personally, if I were seeking information from a jihadist held at GITMO, I would slaughter a pig in front of them and threaten to pour that pig blood all over them. To defeat the enemy, you must understand the enemy.
Comment Posted By retire05 On 20.12.2008 @ 12:31
busboy, you can use our military to plead your case, but sorry, that is why we have them. Are do you think they are handed a rifle during basic training for cutesy photo ops?
We have not been attacked again. Something that was prediced to happen almost immediately after 9-11. And for that, you can thank George Bush.
We have had 8 years of a president that took the "protect and defend" requirement seriously. Now we will get a president that will spend his time apologizing to the rest of the world for us trying to "protect and defend" our nation. I am sure that once "The One" is sitting in that leather chair in the Oval Office all the terrorists will just give up and go back to their goat farms.
Comment Posted By retire05 On 15.12.2008 @ 10:05
Colin Powell? I wouldn't believe Colin Powell if he was standing in front of me telling me his hair is curly. Sanchez? Yeah, another reliable source that gave us huge losses in Iraq along with Abu Ghraib. And Bremer, another prime example of the Peter Principal.
But then, Bush will be leaving office in five weeks and then we will have the political player from Chicago with all his skills in oversight.
If you want criminal negligence, Rick, I suggest you start with the $700 billion bail out and banks, who have more money than they have ever had, taking taxpayer dollars to buy banks in China. Or maybe we could talk about the millions Franklin Raines managed to bilk out of the GSEs.
I am not smart about these things; I admit to that. But I know one damn thing for sure, I am alive and no more Americans have been blown up in tall buildings since George Bush decided to take a hard stance.
Why do I feel that after just a short time with "The One" in the Oval Office, you will be longing for the days of Bush's "criminal negligence"?
Comment Posted By retire05 On 15.12.2008 @ 01:08
michael reynolds, just what is it you think you liberals have to offer? Without the "doom and gloom" philosophy, the Democrats would have nothing. "The War is Lost; Global Warming is going to cause us all to drown; unemployment is at an all time high; etc, ect, ect". What else have you got? If you could not play on the "we are all going to hell in a handbasket" meme, you would be out of business.
But you see, some of us were smart enough to know that Obama is just another pol out of the most corrupt city in the nation; Chicago. He is not new, he is not different, he is not "hopey change". Just your typical Chicago pol who knows that you get somewhere by greasing the skids.
So it is going to be a fun four year watching the MSM try to cover for a guy doing the things they have been accusing Bush of doing for the last eight years.
Comment Posted By retire05 On 12.12.2008 @ 22:07
DON'T YOU WISH YOU WERE A FLY ON A WALL?
This transition of power will be a lot different that the last one. The incoming president is already being briefed on national affairs. There will be no missing "O"'s from White House keyboards, Air Force One will not be vandalized, furniture that belongs to the White House will remain, and all you who have bashed George W. Bush will learn one thing about the man, he is gracious and honorable.
And my guess is that within a few years you will be wishing for the security and safety he has provided us with for the last 7 years. I pray I am wrong.
Comment Posted By retire05 On 11.11.2008 @ 09:29
ON BEING NOBLE AND OTHER NONSENSICAL IDEAS IN THE AGE OF OBAMA
My small $0.02. Is Obama a "good" man? How do I judge a "good" man?
I judge a man by his actions. Someone who takes a hit when he has done wrong by accepting sole responsibility. Not someone who was comfortable sitting in a church for 20 years, manned with an anti-American, anti-white, pro-Hamas preacher only to throw his own grandmother under the bus to excuse his own actions (the story of his grandmother being afraid of a black man 'passing her on the street' is quite different in his own book).
I judge a man on his friends and associates. A person picks their friends for one of two reasons; they are like minded or the friendship is advantagous for financial, political or social reasons. Now, it is up to us to decide why Obama chose such friends. Any of those reasons speak to the "goodness" of the man. While a "good" man may have occassion to say "Hi" to the man who beats his wife on a regular basis at the golf course, the "good" man doesn't associate with the wife beater. They have nothing in common. It is commonality that causes us to create friendships.
Barack Obama is now President Elect. I have no option but to accept that. No one is offering a do-over. So for four years I will have to tolerate a POTUS that thinks the Constitution is a "flawed" document and realize that the damage he will have the ability to do, cheered on by the most far left Congress and Senate in our history, will take decades to undo.
The mistakes of FDR are still being paid for 70 years later.He will attempt to take this nation as far left as he can. You see, it is imperfect, and it is, in his mind, his duty to create that socialistic utopia that he believes he has the ability to acheive. Never mind that socialism has never worked, no matter who was running it.
In my mind, it is amazing that the race was as close as it was. McCain ran the-worst-campaign-ever. Where was his opposition research? Add to that the kneepad wearing, fawning media, an economy that has never tanked so badly in the last days of an existing administration, the war in Iraq basically won and delegated to page 10A, and Obama should have been 20 points ahead. He was not. I think a lot of people wondered if he was really a "good" man while they knew that "First in, first out" McCain was. But in the end, the "no more Bush" mentality won the day.
Will I give Obama the benefit of doubt, hoping for the best? No more than I give any person who had shown me that he has a history of "boneheaded" decisions and whose judgement seems to be less that stellar.
Comment Posted By retire05 On 10.11.2008 @ 11:20
RonReagan, may I suggest you return to that socialist utopia? And the fact that you brag that everything there is so much easier simply confirms the fact that you are too damn lazy to do what it takes to preserve the goals of our Founding Fathers. Perhaps you can go to France. They need more of your ilk.
And just what change do you think the Imposter will bring? More free stuff for someone who wants things to be "easier"?
You have been duped. And are just too stupid to know it.
Comment Posted By retire05 On 5.11.2008 @ 15:56
"Work with him"; "find common ground", yada, yada, yada. Let's see just how far we conservatives can bend over in our attempt to "get along". Maybe if we just abandon our conservative values a little more and become just a little more Democratic lite, we can all sit around sipping mint tea and singing Kumbaya.
Bull. We have been losing ground since we decided that we must "go along" to "get along". Spending like Democrats, abandoning our core values to be accepted by the herd.
Now, we have a president elect that is so close to socialistic in his views that we are going to become more like Europe, as Europe learns that no matter whose in charge, socialism doesn't work.
But look on the bright side: even though you taxes will go up, perhaps we can adopt the European system of six weeks off a year. Sure American production will crash, but so what? You can sleep late for six weeks. And then, there is always the health care system of the Europeans that the left touts. Never mind that there won't be enough doctors, hospitals or clinics to take care of everybody. It will be great as long as you don't have cancer or HIV/AIDs. And gee, maybe we can acheive the European standard of living, never mind that people on welfare live better than most Europeans.
Sure, the United States will continue to exist, but as what? And as what cost?
Fairness Doctrine?
An administration that has already proven they are willing to shut down dissent?
Higher taxes?
Few jobs?
Less productivity?
Greater union power?
A second Bill of Rights?Hamas lobbed 35 missiles into Israel last night after the election and then said the "peace" would continue if Israel did not "retaliate".
Russia is on the move against our missile defense system.
Rahm Emauel is posed to become Chief of Staff.
And Obama told his fawning, kneepad wearing followers last night "I will always be honest with you." Nice to know he is finally going to start being honest now that he's been elected by a nation who values American Idol more than duty, honor and service.
Comment Posted By retire05 On 5.11.2008 @ 14:18
WHAT MIDDLE AMERICA THINKS OF THE ELECTION
Rick, I live in "middle" America. A town of 4,000, not professionals, but those who work for Southern Pacific Railroad, the telephone company and the Lower Colorado River Authority, all "middle" America jobs. Even our bankers are of the income group considered "middle" America. And if there is one trait you can attribute to "middle" Americans, it is that you are judged by the company you keep. It is pounded into the head of every child I know. So I think, while you may judge your opinion of "middle" America on one couple, or one small locale, I don't think it is reflective of "middle" America as a whole.
You see, as a voting bloc, Illinois is left leaning. Most Illinoisans, not located in the major cities like Chicago, are still center left or even, in some cases, very left of center. That doesn't stop them from being hard working, buzy people who still want government to work for them, it simply means that they tend to be more liberal than those who are in Kansas, Oklahoma, Missouri or Nebraska. I know. I grew up in St. Louis, south side, and saw how the left of center attitude destroyed a once great city of 800,000 to a crime ridden, corrupt city of 350,000. And I can promise you, my family, who were raised to think that FDR could walk on water and Harry Truman and JFK were the "second coming" are not voting for Senator Obama.
People do care who Obama's friends and associates were. They do care that he has been involved, in one way or another, with people they would not speak to on the street. I live in a "blue" town, every office here being held by a Democrat. And the signs are all over the place; Democratic signs for judges, city council, sheriff, state representatives. But one is missing; the Obama/Biden sign. And it is not unusual to see a sign that says "Remember Peace and Prosperity, Vote Democratic" with a McCain/Palin sign next to it in the same yard.
Americans are informed. And they judge a candidate by the same values they place on their neighbors, friends and acquaintences.
So while you may think that Obama will blow it out of the water, I am not so sure. I also think you discount all the disillusioned Hillary voters who feel the nomination was taken from their candidate by Howard Dean, Donna Brazille and the DNC rules committee.
All politics, when it boils right down to it, are local. People vote their wallets and those, who are looking a a prosperous income in their future do not want to be saddled with higher taxes when they do reach that goal. They want to know that their income will not be taken to force charitable giving to someone else who didn't work, and sacrifice, for that income.
We may well see an Obama administration. But unfortunately, it is a prescription for disappointment as there is absolutely no way he can keep all the promises he has made. And the Democrats, the "middle" Americans I talk to, are smart enough to know that.
Comment Posted By retire05 On 2.11.2008 @ 13:11
