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American Troops In Shackles
Townhall ^ | Jun 14, 2006 | Michelle Malkin

Posted on 06/14/2006 5:29:19 AM PDT by 13Sisters76

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1 posted on 06/14/2006 5:29:20 AM PDT by 13Sisters76
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Yet people like Kennedy can murder a young woman in his car, call it an accident, not report the "accident" for god knows how long, and still get elected to the US Senate.

This country needs a serious enema. Starting in Washington DC.


2 posted on 06/14/2006 5:33:01 AM PDT by Leatherneck_MT (In a world where Carpenters come back from the dead, ALL things are possible.)
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3 posted on 06/14/2006 5:34:52 AM PDT by The G Man (The Red States ... the world's only hope for survival.)
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To: Leatherneck_MT
This country needs a serious enema. Starting in Washington DC.

Where else would you insert the tube?

4 posted on 06/14/2006 5:36:45 AM PDT by jebeier (If you can't get it right on the death of Zarqawi, .... you can't get anything right.)
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Where else would you insert the tube?

Save some for the State Legislature in Nashville, TN!

6 posted on 06/14/2006 5:40:55 AM PDT by Thermalseeker
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"not report the "accident" for god knows how long, and still get elected to the US Senate"

I think it was 9 hours. Just long enough to get sober and legal advice.


7 posted on 06/14/2006 5:43:13 AM PDT by driftdiver
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"I thought locking people up without charging them was perfectly acceptable during wartime. No? "

If they are enemy combatants. Are these guys enemies?


8 posted on 06/14/2006 5:44:05 AM PDT by driftdiver
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I just think this is a rather hypocritical piece considering Malkin has no problem justifying the internment of Japanese American citizens during WWII. Were they enemies?

9 posted on 06/14/2006 5:47:01 AM PDT by melancton
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"I thought locking people up without charging them was perfectly acceptable during wartime. No? "

Not when they're our own troops under orders, risking their lives, when they've been tried and found guity ONLY by the Drive-by Media, al Qaeda's operatives on these shores. Who's side are we on, anyway? - the Marines we sent over there to defend us or the terrorists who slaughter us whenever they have the opportunity?

This is a shameless frame-up. Set those Marines FREE!


10 posted on 06/14/2006 5:47:11 AM PDT by RoadTest (“Tolerance becomes a crime when applied to evil” –Thomas Mann)
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bump


11 posted on 06/14/2006 5:48:32 AM PDT by soccermom
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To: driftdiver

Ted Kennedy waited long enough to let Mary Jo Kopechne die of oxygen deprivation.

The coroner said she did not die of drowning. There was little water in her lungs.

She was found in rigor mortis position in the upside down car with her arms outstretched and locked to brace herself

and her neck craned back to keep her head in the air pocket at the top inside the upside down car

while Teddy waited until the next morning to report the "accident."


12 posted on 06/14/2006 5:49:49 AM PDT by MrCruncher
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To: melancton

First off you are no conservative. Not sure how you have been allowed to stay on FR. Secondly, our men in arms are not terrorists and should be treated as such. While they may be held in detention while charged with a crime, they should not be held in chains and shackles inside a cell.


13 posted on 06/14/2006 5:51:29 AM PDT by ritewingwarrior
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To: The G Man
Do not ever think that the ACLU will be there for you, if you need it. Actually, it is a small organization that only takes on one high profile issue a year to use for fundraising. Everyone else is on their own.

When I asked for help suing a city on 4th and 14th amendment case, they were completley consumed working for the rights of homosexuals to adopt and couldn't be bothered with garden variety Bill of Rights.

14 posted on 06/14/2006 5:54:17 AM PDT by ClaireSolt (.)
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I thought locking people up without charging them was perfectly acceptable during wartime. No?

It's fairly common in the military to lock someone up who is accused of a capital crime. The investigating board made the recommendation that these guys be confined prior to trial. It prevents them from going AWOL, threatening potential witnesses, or committing acts of sabotage. It's the same as a civilian being denied bail prior to a felony trial.

15 posted on 06/14/2006 5:56:32 AM PDT by mbynack (Retired USAF SMSgt)
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Pretty soon we won't be able to get wonderful men like these fellows to join the serevices, since the system is set up to screw them for political gain.


16 posted on 06/14/2006 6:01:27 AM PDT by chatham
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"Malkin has no problem justifying the internment of Japanese American citizens during WWII. Were they enemies"

Japanese internments were not shackled and chained.

These marines are innocent untill proven guilty.

We are treating gitmo's better


17 posted on 06/14/2006 6:03:01 AM PDT by tennmountainman
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To: 13Sisters76

Liberalism is a bigger threat to the US than Islam.


18 posted on 06/14/2006 6:03:04 AM PDT by JZelle
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To: mbynack
It's fairly common in the military to lock someone up who is accused of a capital crime. The investigating board made the recommendation that these guys be confined prior to trial. It prevents them from going AWOL, threatening potential witnesses, or committing acts of sabotage. It's the same as a civilian being denied bail prior to a felony trial.

I understand, but they're going too far with the leg and wrist shackles. That's ridiculous. I'm glad Michelle is shining a light on this situation and hopefully the military will rethink these measures of containment overkill.

19 posted on 06/14/2006 6:04:46 AM PDT by demkicker (democrats and terrorists are intimate bedfellows)
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To: driftdiver

"I think it was 9 hours. Just long enough to get sober and legal advice."

It also gave him time to get that neck brace.


20 posted on 06/14/2006 6:06:06 AM PDT by tennmountainman
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