Posted on 06/19/2005 7:04:22 PM PDT by Coop
(KRT) - Arguing that "even Adolf Eichmann got a trial,'' Republican Sen. John McCain said Sunday that the Bush administration must establish a system to try and perhaps free suspected terrorists from Guantanamo Bay, Cuba - even if they turn around and attack the United States.
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McCain is emerging as a voice of conscience and nuance (Coop comment: [gag!! wretch!!] on the stay-or-go Guantanamo issue. A veteran Navy pilot who spent more than five years as a prisoner of war at Vietnam's "Hanoi Hilton,'' he has repeatedly avoided the issue of whether U.S. troops mistreat the detainees and focused instead on the policies they carry out.
He agreed with former presidential candidate Ross Perot, also a former POW, that reports of abuses at Guantanamo could become an incentive to treat future captives brutally. "We will not have as high a moral ground the next time we are in a conflict and Americans should become prisoners of war,'' he warned. "And it worries me, it keeps me awake at night. It really does.''
But McCain also urged fellow Sen. Richard Durbin, D-Ill., to read Alexander Solzhenitsyn's Gulag Archipelago and "apologize to soldiers who are serving, doing the job they are told to do and in a humanitarian fashion.''
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(Excerpt) Read more at kansascity.com ...
McCain actually said that???
"...even if they turn around and attack the United States"
"McCain is emerging as a voice of conscience and nuance "
and stupidity
I wonder why Zell never gets the red-carpet media treatment that McCain gets.
"Some of these guys are terrible, terrible killers and the worst kind of scum of humanity,'' the Arizona senator said on NBC News' "Meet the Press" of the 520 men from dozens of nations who have been swept up around the globe in the war on terror.
But, "they deserve to have some adjudication of their cases,'' he said, despite a "fear that, if you release them, they'll go back and fight against us. Balance that against what it's doing to our reputation throughout the world and whether it's enhancing recruiting for people to join al-Qaida and do bad things to the United States of America.''
If I knew how to post a queen of hearts pic, I would.
Well I doubt this surprises you any more than it does me.
McCain has gone over to the dark side and I've come to accept it.
His comment that we should release some of the terrorists even if they wind up killing more Americans should make it crystal clear that when it comes to moral values, John is an empty suit.
Myself, I have some difficulty calling "Media Circus McLame" a "hero".........
Idiot
sickening
McCain has emerged as a sack of fecal material.
Surprised? No, not really. Just ticked off beyond belief!
Oh yeah John, now if a US Soldier or Marine is captured, the Islamobaddies will treat him poorly because of our behavior in Gitmo.
Maybe they'll turn the air conditioner on HIGH and leave him without his socks.
What a moron. You can always count on this asshat to disappoint.
Get the broom.
Maybe I should photoshop a slinky with a Rino head to symbolize McCain. Ugh.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1424993/posts
Durbin blames media for 'Nazi' flap
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1424850/posts
BUYER DEMANDS APOLOGY FROM ILLINOIS SENATOR
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1425138/posts
Durbin FBI Memo
http://thebluesite.com/video/hannitycolmesjune152005b.mpg
Video of Dick Durbin comparing US servicemen to nazis on the Senate floor...
I don't give a Bleep what others think about us
I care about these terrorists trying to kill our military in the field .. or us american here at home
Hey Senator McCain .. WHY ARE YOU PEOPLE SO STUPID???
Ace McCain speaks again..........
Should the rank and file GOP be so stupid and actually nominate this asshole, he will qucikly find out how the Media will turn on him.
When push comes to shove, the Media will always side with the leftiest leftist, and with Hillary, it will be no different.
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