The Release of Bowe Bergdahl (atrocities, cities, generalization, Clinton)

[larrysda]

Originally Posted by pknopp

You know my argument. If that is what they are try them. That is what we do, or are supposed to do as a country.

Don't forget. Obama stopped those military trial when he was elected. Put the blame where it belongs.

[pknopp]

Originally Posted by larrysda

Don't forget. Obama stopped those military trial when he was elected. Put the blame where it belongs.

I've always spread the blame.

[Hyperthetic]

Originally Posted by InformedConsent

Only so that other countries don't do so.

Either way, both would be entirely legally permissible.

Politics operates outside the law within the law.

Ollie North, a pathetic creature.

[InformedConsent]

Originally Posted by pknopp

No they don't, but we are still not a country that should support throwing people into prison because a government official says so.

The U.N. is a government?

[InformedConsent]

Originally Posted by Hyperthetic

Politics operates outside the law within the law.

Ollie North, a pathetic creature.

And Clinton's 1998 missile attack on Iraq wasn't the only time he killed innocent civilians.

Washingtonpost.com: Iraq Special Report - U.S. Strikes Iraq for Plot to Kill Bush - 1993

[Hyperthetic]

Originally Posted by InformedConsent

And Clinton's 1998 missile attack on Iraq wasn't the only time he killed innocent civilians.

Washingtonpost.com: Iraq Special Report - U.S. Strikes Iraq for Plot to Kill Bush - 1993

Only the CIA assassinates presidents, and they don't assassinate ones of their own.

Hell, even Noriega was spared.

[pknopp]

Originally Posted by InformedConsent

The U.N. is a government?

If you want to avoid the question to be a U.N. cheerleader, have at it.

[InformedConsent]

Originally Posted by Hyperthetic

Only the CIA assassinates presidents, and they don't assassinate ones of their own.

Then why did Clinton bomb Iraq in 1993? The reason he gave at the time was that it was retaliation for an Iraqi assassination plot targeting Bush I.

[InformedConsent]

Originally Posted by pknopp

If you want to avoid the question to be a U.N. cheerleader, have at it.

No avoidance. The U.N. has alleged that Guantanamo detainees committed genocide and other war crimes.

[pknopp]

Originally Posted by InformedConsent

No avoidance. The U.N. has alleged that Guantanamo detainees committed genocide and other war crimes.

We don't imprison people without a trial based upon allegations. Especially from the U.N.