From: "Robert Comer" 

I think all it was is a political ploy to prove that the republicans are
doing a good job in the war on terror to boost their election chances in
November.

They're to stupid to understand that it does just the opposite and proves
they don't care about the rule of law.

--
Bob Comer



"Adam"  wrote in message
news:45012de6$1{at}w3.nls.net...
> A) Why Did Bush come out with what he did?
>
> No body "just comes out with" something like
that..."Gosh it was a slow
> news day so I thought I'd just kinda drop that in...."
>
> 1) Something about to come out anyway or
> 2) Pressure from Allies who may have to come out with the truth themselves
> & thus it's better if the US does it first?
>
> B) Once more the senior pols who've sided with the US are being shafted.
> Last month it was the Arab pols e.g. the Saudis, Jordanians, Egyptians.
> Now it's the Euro-Pols e.g. the  Poles, Romanians,Bulgarians, British etc.
>
> It a case study in "how to lose friends & influence with
people" much like
> Blair's support for Bush & thus Israel over their attack on Lebanon.
>
> Bush was careful to actively drop them in it, constantly referring to
> information passing to "friends & allies" raising a
number of obvious
> questions for the Euro-pols to answer to both the EU & their own
> electorate.
>
> I wonder if this is why the EU is trying to move forward Bulgaria &
> Romania's entry into the EU.
>
> First US prisoners/kidnapees/abductees  are suddenly given full GC
> coverage, then the US bans a whole range of previously OK practices & then
> they empty their secret prisons (in part one assumes because secret
> prisons etc is incompatible with the GC (& other international law))....
>
> Hummmm......what's coming I wonder. The US's lawyers have woken up to the
> fact that they are representing a serial offender?
>
> Adam

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