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I am not sure why I continue to be surprised, but this hit piece is just unbelieveble. See if you can spot any actual facts anywhere in the piece. This is so full of propaganda, biased opinion and misleading partisanship it is scary. I really hate the dinosaur media, especially the Lexington Herald mis-Leader.

PS I searched the site for info about which publications can be posted or excerpted, and could not find anything. Mods feel free to edit if appropriate, or ask me to re-post.

1 posted on 06/18/2008 6:49:07 AM PDT by Bluegrass Federalist
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Thank God these people weren’t around during WW11 or Korea. We’d all be speaking German, Japanese or Russian by now!


2 posted on 06/18/2008 6:51:54 AM PDT by Don Corleone (Leave the gun..take the cannoli)
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This is so full of propaganda, biased opinion and misleading partisanship it is scary.
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Oh, there will be more. The radical leftist MSM will be dumping on the War on Terror, with focus on the administration, from now until November. For example, I had the misfortune to be forced to listen to CNN for about five minutes last night — it was Wolfieman Blitzer whining about how Obama was such a great guy, how the Bush administration was so in favor of taking taxation off the rich, and one zinger on McCain after another. It was not even subtle. Just RADICAL BIASED MEDIA.

And of course, the radical left wants THE FAIRNESS DOCTRINE to ensure thier bias is protected and to squelch the voice of truth (the conservatives).


3 posted on 06/18/2008 6:57:38 AM PDT by EagleUSA
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with murtha and these traitors

we don’t need any enemies abroad.


4 posted on 06/18/2008 6:58:14 AM PDT by ken21 ( people die + you never hear from them again.)
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The military legal community complained, to little avail, that the policies hatched with the consent of Bush, Cheney and then-Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld were replacing decades of U.S. military policy on handling detainees.

Do these fossils in the military (assuming they are not made up by the author) realize we're not fighting the cold war against standing armies any more?

New wars require new tactics.

5 posted on 06/18/2008 7:15:09 AM PDT by BigBobber
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It is unbelievable how the media ignores the rules of warfare (Geneva Conventions) and wants to act like these guys are simply armed robbers and should be handled like US citizens.

Unless I am sorely mistaken, if we applied the Geneva Conventions to Al Queda, we could summarily execute every fighter captured in Afghanistan. They are fighting out of uniform and are sbuject to execution upon capture.

What this country has forgotten is how to wage ALL OUT WAR. The appalling loss of life in WWII pushed us to fight in a “less brutal” fashion. The fainthearted pantywaists took control.

Kill them all and let God sort them out.


7 posted on 06/18/2008 8:08:03 AM PDT by Bryan24 (When in doubt, move to the right..........)
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If the author had made a specific reference to the words of the Geneva Conventions and then offered the interpretation John Yoo made in his memo many reasonable people would think he was correct. It reminds me of one of my professors who used the same tactics to teach his class on how Bush was the most evil President in history. Unfortunately the prof had never read any of the prirmary documents, but then if he read and did research it would be much harder to maitain a hatchet job.


8 posted on 06/18/2008 8:25:08 AM PDT by Libertarianize the GOP (Make all taxes truly voluntary)
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There is a relevant fact that the author of this “article” omitted: the Geneva Convention does not apply, and HAS NEVER BEEN HELD TO APPLY to non-uniformed irregular combatants who do not act (or claim to act) under color of authority from any nation or state entity. So, their entire premise is BS.


10 posted on 06/18/2008 9:22:52 AM PDT by andy58-in-nh (Peace is Not The Question.)
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