Comments on: More Geneva: Pali PM cites Fourth Convention in WaPo op-ed

By: RD

RD — Thu, 13 Jul 2006 02:53:38 +0000

By “wising up” I mean acquiring a deep understanding of just how much we’re being played, just how little the messenger actually believes in the message.

The only message of Haniyeh’s worth believing in is the one he believes in himself: jihad.

By: RD

RD — Thu, 13 Jul 2006 02:32:58 +0000

The usual drivel. Utterly transparent (except to the target audience). This specious line of “argument” will fizzle the moment people wise up… and not a moment sooner.

By: Old War Dogs

Old War Dogs — Wed, 12 Jul 2006 03:28:10 +0000

Re: “Hmmm?”…

Finally admitted I’d been pushing myself too hard and crashed for a little over 12 hours. In the mean time, Zero beat me to the story of the day. One of the great things about having a team…

By: Hot Air » Blog Archive » The Pentagon and Geneva: Terrorists pick up a major win

Tue, 11 Jul 2006 22:03:18 +0000

[...] We could have done that, but if we had we would have lost a great deal of intelligence that was gained through interrogations. But all that’s over now. In the wake of the Hamdan decision–a decision in which the US Supreme Court inserted itself into the executive branch’s wartime authority–the Pentagon is announcing that all of the detainees will get Article 3 treatment. Allah has posted on some of the legal implications. Bottom line: this will have profound implications on the future conduct of the war. Among other things, it will end useful intelligence-gathering from captured terrorists and may mean scrapping military tribunals, granting captured terrorist access to our civilian courts: Concerning a replacement for the tribunals, Mr. Snow said the administration intended to work with Congress to devise a system of justice for terror suspects, as the court had required. At a hearing of the Senate Judiciary Committee, Steven Bradbury, a Justice Department official, laid out the administration’s case for making changes to the system of military tribunals rather than scrapping them altogether. [...]

By: Blaise

Blaise — Tue, 11 Jul 2006 20:58:57 +0000

Two points:

Regarding the “false pretences”, obviously he is incapable of regarding the life of a human being, least of all the life of a Jewish human being, as something worth saving, and worth moving heaven and earth for. He’s HAMAS(!) for crying out loud….their idea of a smart bomb is a suicide pack strapped to a kid.

Second, he’s HAMAS(!) for crying out loud. Isn’t that a terrorist organization? In the War on Terror, aren’t they the ones on the other side? How does he get into the Washington Post? Does he get freelancer fees? How will the New York Times top this…a piece by Osama?……uh oh…

By: Defector01

Defector01 — Tue, 11 Jul 2006 20:53:55 +0000

I’ll add a third
Convert every muslim to judaism :-D

By: Dread Pirate Roberts VI

Dread Pirate Roberts VI — Tue, 11 Jul 2006 19:24:13 +0000

I’ll take dead!

By: JamesVersusEveryone

JamesVersusEveryone — Tue, 11 Jul 2006 18:55:47 +0000

Palestinians living in peace (!)

They will be at peace when everyone is a Muslim or dead.