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you'll soon find yourself fighting your neighbors for the simple freedom of believing in the constitution. the fools will always multiply beyond their means, as the wise quietly defend what is theirs.Quote:
Originally Posted by JaggedEdge
too broke to do much, too high to care.:jointsmile:
One of the consequenses of having a country founded on the principles that the USA was is that u have to respect ure fellow americans views..
America voted for obama... Not the world.
He is ure president.
GWB was also voted for by the majority of americans..
I think the media is responsible for hyping and encouraging the paranoia that seems to have taken over the US.
America now thinks everybody hates it..
This is not true..
The world looks to America because it is the strongest..
If the American economy is in good health then the world economy is..
People in the US need to set an example and take the lead and encourage people to respect its principles and ideals..
Gung ho USA USA USA type rantings wont work...
U guys dont know how good u have it..
Come and live in Brazil for a while..
Again respect to the USA..
Peace and Love to all...
^ peace and love from the u.s. of a., too. :smokin: and welcome to can com. :hippy: :D i was living in los angeles when y'all won the world cup there in the Rose Bowl, man what a party all over town. :rasta:
Would say it was special..
Brazilians are good at 1 thing..
Party... Samba...
I started out in Ireland but wandered lonely as a cloud and parked myself here for a while...
Peace and Love...
McCain: Japanese Hanged For Waterboarding
(AP) Republican presidential candidate John McCain reminded people Thursday that some Japanese were tried and hanged for torturing American prisoners during World War II with techniques that included waterboarding.
"There should be little doubt from American history that we consider that as torture otherwise we wouldn't have tried and convicted Japanese for doing that same thing to Americans," McCain said during a news conference.
McCain: Japanese Hanged For Waterboarding - CBS News
I'm very glad he's doing this, but at the same time, it's good to be aware of the shameless public relations exercise.
Prosecuting a few torturers after Bush would be like Hitler's successor posing with his arms around some Jewish orphans. Probably more PR than heartfelt, undertaken to demonize the previous administration (however justified) and to make him look like the angelic saviour.
that's the whole point, to distract you on the one hand with this witch huntQuote:
Originally Posted by overgrowthegovt
while the other hand robs you blind.
Likely there were more death. Do you think the rights group know them all?
Quote, "US interrogators may have killed dozens, human rights researcher and rights group say
By John Byrne
Published: May 6, 2009
United States interrogators killed nearly four dozen detainees during or after their interrogations, according a report published by a human rights researcher based on a Human Rights First report and followup investigations.
In all, 98 detainees have died while in US hands. Thirty-four homicides have been identified, with at least eight detainees - and as many as 12 - having been tortured to death, according to a 2006 Human Rights First report that underwrites the researcher’s posting. The causes of 48 more deaths remain uncertain.
The researcher, John Sifton, worked for five years for Human Rights Watch. In a posting Tuesday, he documents myriad cases of detainees who died at the hands of their US interrogators. Some of the instances he cites are graphic.
Most of those taken captive were killed in Afghanistan and Iraq. They include at least one Afghani soldier, Jamal Naseer, who was mistakenly arrested in 2004. “Those arrested with Naseer later said that during interrogations U.S. personnel punched and kicked them, hung them upside down, and hit them with sticks or cables,” Sifton writes. “Some said they were doused with cold water and forced to lie in the snow. Nasser collapsed about two weeks after the arrest, complaining of stomach pain, probably an internal hemorrhage.”
Raw Story » US interrogators may have killed dozens, human rights researcher and rights group say
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Originally Posted by kathaksung
so?
so, just 'cause some reporter says it, it's gospel? shit man, they'll write anything.Quote:
Originally Posted by kathaksung
not only that but do you think you'd really give a shit how many died if your
wife or your mother or your son or daughter had died on 9\11?
nah, i say, better them than us!