Posted on 06/16/2002 5:32:24 AM PDT by magnum opus dejure
Well, it's been 4 years since I first found Free Republic. I have always felt like I belonged here and have really enjoyed the banter back and forth between us members. I am afraid all this is now over. I am really suprised and shocked at it's suddenness. Before I leave I want to thank a freeper from Michigan who sent me a DVD player last year to give to my kids for Christmas. You reaffirmed my faith in humanity.
I know this thread will be deleted before many people get to read it, but I just can't go without saying a final word. Every since 911 the 'vibe' here at FR has been decidedly hostile. I guess it was a matter of time before the newbie moderator got around to weeding me out for my sometimes unpopular views. So I join the ranks of A+Bert and so many others who gave FR a interesting flavor. I will miss coming here 20 times a day and keeping up on things. But without posting priviledges there is just no point. I must go find another conservative group to try to be a part of.
In the future, when a freeper who has been a loyal member since August 1998 crosses the line, how about a note instead of banning? Would that have been too much? I may have gotten out of line, how is beyond me, but if such a tresspass would have been pointed out I would gladly have refrained from doing so again. It is just not right to just ban an account with no explaination. Especially when the freeper has been here 4 years. I have no idea what I am going to do with my days now that I no longer have FR. Well, I guess I have said my part. It is a sad day when one has to leave family and friends. I feel like some of you were just that. But apparently I am no longer wanted around here. I bid my good day to you all and hope that karma pays it's respects to those who do injustice.
Well, Taliban Afghanistan, for a start. No stupid red-tape about "detainees" to have to mess with; they would simply be P.O.W.s. Simple. Direct. No questions.
AFTER Afghanistan? I dunno. You tell me.
Huh? Do you REALLY think the danger has passed,and that there will be no more attacks?
I don't have any inside information, do you? I'll bet you would pi$$ and moan if they turned the lights off in his cell. All you want to do is stir it up (and you are doing a good job of that).
Why are you against everything pro American??????????????
See #956, cross-reference #925.
Next?
Watch him spin and squirm.
As a U.S. citizen, Padilla usually would be afforded traditional legal rights such as presumption of innocence until a conviction.
Padilla, however, has been classified an "enemy combatant," or "unlawful combatant." It means that he has fewer legal rights than an ordinary civilian defendant in a criminal case.
Classification arose from Nazi saboteurs
For example, Padilla may be held indefinitely without being charged until the U.S.-declared war against terrorism ends, said John McGinnis, professor of constitutional law at Northwestern Law School in Chicago.
The designation also allows U.S. authorities to interrogate the suspect in a more aggressive fashion, and restrict his access to an attorney, McGinnis said.
The U.S. Supreme Court defined an "enemy combatant" or "unlawful combatant" in a World War II case called Ex Parte Quirin. In a 1942 decision, the court confirmed the authority of Congress and the president to try Nazi terrorists operating in the United States by military commissions.
Ah,HA! You're oneah dem damn radicals! I thought so!
No need. When we refused a transfer of Bin Laden to a "neutral" country, the Taliban declared war ON US. This war is using the precedent set by the Barbary Pirates war and it is the ONLY rational model to follow.
He did,or he wouldn't have been wounded in the fighting to retake the fort. You can bet he wasn't running around in the open unarmed while the shooting was going on. His fellow Taliban soldiers would have killed him themselves.
You've seen me "squim"?
Legend in your own mind, Ros.
That might be off topic but I plead that I am not sure what the topic of this thread is any more.
If you are interested in mercenaries you should read "Someone Else's War" By Anthony Rogers. Very readable and a good overview on how mercenaries have been used in the past 40 years.
a.cricket
How important are the lives of thousands of innocent American civilians when compared with the opportunity to misrepresent and attack the actions of this administration?
You posted a link to a tinfoiler website titled "On Bush's Illegal Undeclared War: Congressman Ron Paul, 10-29-2001" and you said " Unless I am mistaken, Congressman Ron Paul did NOT authorize any "war". I'm just pointing out that you are mistaken, That's all, not any claims of blank checks. If Ron Paul voted for the use of military force, he can hardly condemn the President for using the powers Congress granted him.
Squirm. Like trying to hide behind a typo.
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