From: "Rich Gauszka" 

This has nothing to do with service prsonnel and you know it. It's about
Bush, Cheney and their flunkies who authorized the torture. Bushie logic -
Hey Syria is our enemy but they really tortue well - let's just send a few
of the people we don't like to them


"Gary Britt"  wrote in message
news:452402ff$1{at}w3.nls.net...
> Because the language being dealt with is so vague as to be subject to
> interpretation by others in ridiculous ways.  So congress defines what's
> covered so our service men and women can't be bound by some eurotrash
> idiot prosecutor's decision that a woman questioning a terrorist is an
> affront to his personal dignity and is therefore a war crime violation of
> common article 3.  It was needed because of the recent, previously
> unprecedented decision in the Hamdan case.  Surely you know all of this so
> stop pretending to be unaware of the facts.
>
> Gary
>
> "Rich Gauszka"  wrote in message
> news:4523317b$1{at}w3.nls.net...
>> So why the need for a retroactive pardon?
>>
>>
>> "Mark"  wrote in message
>> news:452328b9$1{at}w3.nls.net...
>>>I don't recall anyone authorizing torture Rich, though I realize it's
>>>popular on the left to call it the "torture bill."
>>>
>>> "Rich Gauszka"  wrote in message
>>> news:4522f101$1{at}w3.nls.net...
>>>> My mistake on the prior to 9/11.
>>>>
>>>> When has there ever been any legislation in our country
retroactively
>>>> protecting anyone from war crimes? Also I very much doubt that this
>>>> portion of the legislation was written to protect the service
>>>> men/women. This was written to protect Bush, Cheney and their
>>>> appointees who authorized torture ignoring international law.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> "Gary Britt"  wrote in message
>>>> news:4522ea05$1{at}w3.nls.net...
>>>>> Cafferty is an ass of the first order.
>>>>>
>>>>> Prior to 9/11?  Shouldn't that be after 9/11??
>>>>>
>>>>> The legislation is needed to protect our service men
and women and CIA
>>>>> personnel from being hauled into court by some
eurotrash idiot like
>>>>> Phil or Adam in the job of local prosecutor or judge. 
You know sort
>>>>> of like what has happened to Tom Delay and the local
idiot prosecutor
>>>>> from Travis County, Austin, Texas.
>>>>>
>>>>> Gary
>>>>>
>>>>> "Rich Gauszka" 
wrote in message
>>>>> news:4522e1bb{at}w3.nls.net...
>>>>>> Deep inside the legislation is a provision to
pardon Bush and his
>>>>>> administration for any crimes ( torture etc )  to
detainees prior to
>>>>>> 9/11/2001. But if Bush says there was no torture
then why did he need
>>>>>> this retroactive immunity for possible war crimes?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> CNN Cafferty report at
>>>>>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MoRjbIQMXGQ&eurl=
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
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