Cheney: Eavesdrop because terrorists don't fight by the rules of international law

[sabra]

http://www.worldtribune.com/worldtribune/WTARC/2008/ss_terror_02_05.asp



Cheney: Eavesdrop because terrorists don't fight by the rules of international law

Vice President Dick Cheney said last month that the terrorist threat to the United States remains a real danger and so U.S. intelligence agencies need strong authority to conduct electronic eavesdropping and other intelligence-gathering activities.

“The terrorists waging war against this country don't fight according to the rules of warfare or international law or moral standards or basic humanity, and we have to be clear-eyed about the character and objective of these adversaries,” Cheney said in remarks at the Heritage Foundation on Jan. 23.

“They have a strategic goal to create the old 7th century caliphate, an empire stretching from Europe through the Middle East all the way around to Southeast Asia. They want to arm themselves with chemical, biological and nuclear weapons, and they would not hesitate to use such weapons.”

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[Solly Mack]

1. That is such a bullshit argument

The rapist rapes so we should rape them too.

That's what he's saying...


The murderer murders so we should murder them too

The torturer tortures so we should torture them too


He's trying to justify the Bush administrations criminal action by claiming they only break the law because the other guy breaks the law

[bryant69]

3. That's a fair point.

I guess their argument is that eavesdropping is such a minor offense compared to what they supposedly want to do, it should be no big deal, but the argument still boils down to letting them decide our strategy.

Bryant
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[madokie]

5. thats exactly what hes saying

pretty much their argument all along

[sabra]

6. yeah... but but but freedom isn't free!

:sarcasm:

[Xipe Totec]

2. Apparently, neither does the Bush Administration

but hey, why keep score if the game is rigged?

[madokie]

4. channeling himself again ain't ya' there dicky