Comments on: Cheney’s revenge

By: MoreLiberty

MoreLiberty — Fri, 08 Feb 2013 09:12:08 +0000

This country is a joke. When the government can murder a US citizen, one that is not an imminent threat, and affords them no due process we all have lost. Combine this with portions of of the NDAA of 2012 that give the executive branch the ability to indefinitely detain US citizens on US soil, without their due process, and it is very disheartening. Not because I give a rats ass about AL Qeada but because of the reality that nothing can really stop the government from doing it to others they disagree with. You people have a lot of confidence and trust that these tool won’t be turned against you some day. A government that is financially, morally on the verge of collapse will do anything to survive.

By: cthulhu

cthulhu — Fri, 08 Feb 2013 03:43:51 +0000

This comes on the heels of allowing any Barak, Jose, or Abdul to become an American citizen with insufficient background checks because the party is actively courting the illegal alien vote.

By: Hog Wild

Hog Wild — Fri, 08 Feb 2013 03:21:16 +0000

platypus on February 7, 2013 at 8:12 PM

Speaking from a strictly military operational standpoint.

That’s the stupidest thing I have ever heard.

Encourage our enemies to fight to the death because if we capture them they are dead as soon as we interrogate them?

Need proof? Research the island hopping campaign of WW II. The Japenese told their own troops they were going to die, and to take as many US troops with them as possible. And US casualties were so high they were kept Top Secret. Tarawa, Guadacanal, Iwo Jima, Okinowa.

There are two objectives in war. Destroy the enemies ability to fight. And destory the enemies WILL to fight. Those who lack the will to fight, surrender.

Your way will only increase US casualties.

By: pitythefool

pitythefool — Fri, 08 Feb 2013 02:00:52 +0000

Bush’s fault! It sounds like something we think Cheney might have written, if he were to write something obviously unconstitutional, so this is all Bush’s fault! Whew, liberals can sleep safely tonight knowing that, this too, can be blamed on George W Bush.

By: Tilly

Tilly — Fri, 08 Feb 2013 01:42:07 +0000

My Rules of Engagement:

Capture enemy.
Take to some secret place.
Torture info out of him.
Take him out back and shoot him.

Repeat as necessary.

platypus on February 7, 2013 at 8:12 PM

Two Tums Up

By: Count to 10

Count to 10 — Fri, 08 Feb 2013 01:33:11 +0000

Seems to me there should be the same process for declaring American Al Quieda “Wanted, dead or alive” as has been done historically. If you are going to target them with killing or capture, you better darn well have charged them with something, giving them the opportunity to surrender themselves.

By: malclave

malclave — Fri, 08 Feb 2013 01:27:58 +0000

they don’t have to all be writing a budget

Harry Reid and Nancy Pelosi proved that.

By: JFKY

JFKY — Fri, 08 Feb 2013 01:18:54 +0000

I guess Honda it’s because Congress can walk and chew gum at the same time…they don’t have to all be writing a budget…and it’s not a priority ordered list, Budget first, then Internet Laws, then Hate Crimes….

Is it a travesty they haven’t passed one in three years yes…but just because they haven’t done one thing, doesn’t preclude them from doing other things…even though those things are of lesser overall value and probably have been F*cked up, too.

By: platypus

platypus — Fri, 08 Feb 2013 01:14:37 +0000

This country is a complete joke – then again – it appears the whole world is too.

HondaV65 on February 7, 2013 at 8:13 PM

Then why am I not LMAO?

By: HondaV65

HondaV65 — Fri, 08 Feb 2013 01:13:25 +0000

It’s amusing that lawmakers can pay the time to pass internet security laws and hate crime laws ..

But can’t be bothered enough to pass a budget – or laws that actually protect the civil rights of Americans.

This country is a complete joke – then again – it appears the whole world is too.