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Rumsfeld prosecution could set precedent (Hurl-worthy histrionics)
The Japan Times ^ | February 17, 2009 | Cesar Chelala, M.D., Ph.D.

Posted on 02/16/2009 5:12:00 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet

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To: BenLurkin

If another country wants to try American leaders, then I vote we drop a thermal-nuclear calling card in their lap.
that is always my first reaction!
Is it possible to hate people more than i hate the rats??


21 posted on 02/16/2009 5:33:10 PM PST by genghis
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
Becoming a 3rd world tin pot dictatorship is not a precedent, it has been done before.

We have seen where rampant politicized prosecutions of the losing party have led democracies, and it was towards systems where electoral ‘decisions’ are more predictable.

22 posted on 02/16/2009 5:33:32 PM PST by allmendream ("Wealth is EARNED not distributed, so how could it be redistributed?")
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
There is now enough evidence to try former U.S. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld for war crimes,...

You can always count on a Commie lib to start off their rant with a lie presented as a fact. It's a technique I've been working on myself since it works so well for the Commies.

23 posted on 02/16/2009 5:33:44 PM PST by FlingWingFlyer (Have You Punched A Democrat Today? - Do it for the children.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

If we apply the same degradation test to the IRS we can jail the entire audit department of the IRS.


24 posted on 02/16/2009 5:35:58 PM PST by Raycpa
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Apparently this libtard doesn’t realize he’s striking sparks in a shack filled with dynamite.


25 posted on 02/16/2009 5:37:17 PM PST by behzinlea
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To: randomhero97

Perhaps it would prompt us to do what we need to do.


26 posted on 02/16/2009 5:37:55 PM PST by DBCJR (What would you expect?)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
Taguba: NO DIRECT ORDER GIVEN FOR ABUSE 6-10-04
Senators hear conflicting testimony on who was in charge

WASHINGTON (CNN) — The U.S. Army general in charge of the investigation into abuse of some Iraqi prisoners told a Senate committee hearing Tuesday that “a failure of leadership” was to blame for the situation, and said there was no evidence the soldiers involved were acting under orders.

http://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/05/11/politics.abuse.main/index.html

27 posted on 02/16/2009 5:48:09 PM PST by Brad from Tennessee ("A politician can't give you anything he hasn't first stolen from you.")
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Enemy propaganda.


28 posted on 02/16/2009 5:58:17 PM PST by roses of sharon (Pray Hussein fails!)
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To: ChicagahAl

Fidel Castro has been sucking up to Hollywood for years and it’s paid him dividens. As for Mugabe, British Intelligence is too weak to simply put a bullet in his brain and make it look like an inside job.

The rest are easy enough, we just need to find the right trigger, the little crack in their arsenal.


29 posted on 02/16/2009 6:14:42 PM PST by Niuhuru (Fine, here's my gun, but let me give you the bullets first. I'll send them to you through the barrel)
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To: randomhero97

If Rummy needs protectionm he can rely on all of us.

It would be too hilarious if all the army personnel were driven out of the country and we could have a solid stage from whence to retake the country, possibly through conquest.

Then we all rise up to help out and drive those bastards from the White House. After trying and executing them for high treason we would have top perform an exorcism to clean the demons out.


30 posted on 02/16/2009 6:18:42 PM PST by Niuhuru (Fine, here's my gun, but let me give you the bullets first. I'll send them to you through the barrel)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

And people want to hide their firearms....no, I think it’s time to load them up.


31 posted on 02/16/2009 6:46:53 PM PST by JamesA (He who hesitates is lost.)
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To: Obadiah

The hour is late and things are going to go south with increasing speed.

Their speed better be faster than 2000 fps when they get this far South!


32 posted on 02/16/2009 7:18:50 PM PST by dusttoyou (HNIC)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
Cesar Chelala is nothing but a cow-whiner of the Overseas Press Club. Would that the criminals in the media be indicted for treason and attempted genocide - including the attempt at causing hundreds of thousands of deaths in Iraq through agitating to make the U. S. prematurely leave.

Rumsfeld’s reaction to this is surely to find it sadly ludicrous. Rumsfeld doesn't need Obama for protection. But if Obama were to accede in anyway to this madness, it would end badly for Obama.

33 posted on 02/16/2009 8:08:01 PM PST by mtntop3
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Rumsfeld is not guilty period. He did what all Secretary of Defense must do....go to war with the army you have and treat prisoners by the Geneva Convention....he had done precisely that.


34 posted on 02/16/2009 8:27:00 PM PST by yoe
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Man, oh man, those hearings will be interesting to watch, because Rumsfeld will be free to say all those things he didn’t feel free to say while he was DoD.


35 posted on 02/16/2009 8:47:32 PM PST by SuziQ
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