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to: Mark
from: Adam
date: 2006-06-11 10:48:12
subject: Re: Suicides at Guantanamo an act of warfare?

From: Adam <""4thwormcastfromthemolehill\"{at}the field.near
the bridge">

Mark wrote:
> "Rich Gauszka"  wrote in message
> news:448b940e{at}w3.nls.net...
>> Just like anyone imprisoned they wish to be heard. Some of the countries
>> of origin have asked for them back.
>
> And lots of them have been sent back, some of those have gone on to be
> killed when they returned to their evil ways.
>

"Returned to their evil ways"

Shrug. So did some of the people the Vietnamese let go after the Vietnam
war in the "Hanoi Taxi".

UK & Canadian troops are dying/being wounded in Afghanistan now because
of 1/2 a job Bush.

>> The Bush administration loves to preach to other countries about justice
>> and democracy. Even an infinitesimal bit of circumspection should have
>> told them this was a horrendous idea
>
> Really, just the Bush administration? C'mon Rich, that's what the USA has
> been about from the get go. I'm sure I don't have to remind you of what the
> Dems (and the country as a whole) used to stand for (and we still do under
> Bush, much to the consternation of those that are happy to wander around in
> a fog) a scant 40 years ago:
>
> http://www.americanrhetoric.com/speeches/johnfkennedyinaugural.htm
> "...Let every nation know, whether it wishes us well or ill, that we shall
> pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend,
> oppose any foe, to assure the survival and the success of liberty.
>
> This much we pledge -- and more..."
>

That was then. No one seriously think the US is the same today. After all
"9-11 changed everything" including the US's liking for liberty,
the rule of law etc.


Adam

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