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2007-08-10 Home Front: WoT

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Posted by Steve White 2007-08-10 00:00|| || Front Page|| [1 views ] Top
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#1 OK as far as it goes, except not really. Every mention of the detentions at Gitmo, since the beginning, should have elicited a vigorous, comprehensive mini-lecture on the inadequacy of the Geneva Conventions to deal with the current situation, the general legitimacy and quality of the operation, and some swipes at the preposterous attempts to extend US constitutional rights to the worst outlaws the planet has ever seen.

This should have been accompanied by a very hard press on the ICRC, especially after it jumped the rails early on with irresponsible public comments (violation of one of their core principles) and their arrogant and silly bluster about current law being adequate for the situation. Don't care if the outrageous ICRC misbehavior WRT Gitmo and Iraqi detention reports was isolated - the organization should have been punished and pressured, in public, so that they would either become very very careful about criticizing the world's best behaved important country, or perhaps even come to their senses and push to update the Conventions.

ex-JAG, you around? What say ye?

Posted by Verlaine 2007-08-10 01:05|| 2007-08-10 01:05|| Front Page Top

#2 There will always be a large vociferous deranged anti-Ameican crowd in Europe, ME and SE Asia that will say anything and believe anything negative about us. We need to ignore them and continue to do what we do best which is to protect and project our national interests. We shut down Gitmo when we are damn ready to do so not when the press, euros, HRC, Amnesty Int. ICRC and others tell us to. I'd like to see us keep it open even if empty as a sign that we continue to mean business.

Posted by Jack is Back!">Jack is Back! 2007-08-10 06:24|| 2007-08-10 06:24|| Front Page Top

#3 if dogs work then in Gitmo's shark infested waters...

Posted by 3dc 2007-08-10 09:27|| 2007-08-10 09:27|| Front Page Top

#4 getting fine specimens similar to this:

Posted by 3dc 2007-08-10 09:34|| 2007-08-10 09:34|| Front Page Top

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