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In reply to the discussion: Well hey, at least he isn't torturing people like Bush did. [View all]bighart
(1,565 posts)74. To all of those that defend these policies, does this no longer apply?
From April 2009
"When London was being bombed to smithereens, (the British) had 200 or so detainees and Churchill said, 'we don't torture'," President Obama told a press conference to mark 100 days since he became US president.
"The reason was that Churchill understood, you start taking shortcuts and, over time, that corrodes what's best in people. It corrodes the best of the country."
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To politicians, every year is election year and every day is a campaign.
Tierra_y_Libertad
May 2012
#49
Shut your insolent mouth! You yet draw breath against his mercies, and don't forget it!
Poll_Blind
May 2012
#6
This is the part where I mention I'll be here all week, and then implore you to tip your server
DisgustipatedinCA
May 2012
#185
Amazing...or maybe not...that they can't tell a grasshopper from a cricket (nt)
Mairead
May 2012
#214
"Walking wad of fucking asscrack" - you're going to owe me a new monitor if you
coalition_unwilling
May 2012
#138
after he is reelected, I'll focus my efforts on the next primary season
scheming daemons
May 2012
#18
The TeaBagger Party members are backing Norquist's Empty-Suit with working digits.
BlueCaliDem
May 2012
#140
I was a Kucinich backer too and switched to Obama b/c Obama at least spoke out against Operation
coalition_unwilling
May 2012
#144
Silly MadHound, they aren't children, they are 'terrorists disguised as children' - n/t
coalition_unwilling
May 2012
#15
Terrorism does appear to be a real threat, just how great a threat is hard to know.
JDPriestly
May 2012
#40
The British called the Irgun Zwai Lum in Palestine'terrorists' back in the early 40s. N.B.: Menachem
coalition_unwilling
May 2012
#149
Speaking of a 'small circle of people,' did you notice who is sitting in the
coalition_unwilling
May 2012
#153
Hundreds of civilians have been killed among the likely thousands ordered killed
morningfog
May 2012
#43
Including Nelson Mandela? Ronald Reagan called the ANC 'terorrists' back in
coalition_unwilling
May 2012
#158
Well even Democrats can be right-wingers. You certainly seem to be one of them.
white_wolf
May 2012
#82
Obama now has almost as much blood dripping from his hands as Hillary did\does for Operation
coalition_unwilling
May 2012
#154
Well, we've been killing terrorists for over a decade now, so why are there, according to you, so
sabrina 1
May 2012
#136
Yeah, and about twenty years ago kids at preschools across the land had a "memory"
MadHound
May 2012
#92
I wonder if all the POWs and KIA and MIA from America's wars fought for this.
grasswire
May 2012
#67
We haven't dealt with worldwide terrorism by stateless actors for 200 years
Proud Liberal Dem
May 2012
#143
Um, we had to deal with the Barbary Coast Pirates during the early years of this
coalition_unwilling
May 2012
#161
We can never have an ideal world if we constantly sacrifice our ideals. (nt)
harmonicon
May 2012
#198
Except that some of the "confirmed terrorist targets" haven't turned out to be terrorists
MadHound
May 2012
#104
Not just any old innocents either, but children, for God's sake. Correction:
coalition_unwilling
May 2012
#162
How many American citizens should have been killed to stop the World Trade Center attacks?
harmonicon
May 2012
#204
Yep, just the other day I had to go into the bunker to avoid the drone buzzing my house.
Arkana
May 2012
#93
Perhap it was "What's next, an assassination list for Americans in this country?"
SunsetDreams
May 2012
#108
Don't forget "I cannot condone a president who personally decides who lives or who dies."
Robb
May 2012
#109
While the resources for this are being establshed do nothing? TIA for honest answer
uponit7771
May 2012
#119
Under Bush, force feeding was used at Gitmo. Under Obama, is this now different?
AnotherMcIntosh
May 2012
#117
Bobby Sands was going to be the prettiest girl in school, no matter what!! (nt)
harmonicon
May 2012
#207
Well, at least he isn't jamming Guantanamo full of more people to disappear. n/t
Bolo Boffin
May 2012
#173
I thought that awarding Obama the Nobel Peace prize was bizarre to begin with
MadHound
May 2012
#219
Actually the killing by drone has not only been as effective as the previous administration,
bighart
May 2012
#220
I count myself agnostic on 9/11. I would say that there is evidence that the 9/11
coalition_unwilling
May 2012
#241