Are you suggesting that we do need to prosecute those involved with mock drowning? Man was forced? I don't see that since he did in fact have a choice. He may have been court marshalled had he refused, but he also would've been court marshalled had a letter like this been written during Cheney's reign.
Really, brandonB? Can you cite a single inactive military member being tried by courts-martial during President Bush's administration over a humorous letter? Or are you just talking out your butt about what you *assume* might have happened with no experience, no personal knowledge, and no evidence to show us? What you don't know, my young friend, about the military and fighting a war could fill volumes. I appreciate that you're a young firebrand who thinks he has all the answers to the world's problems, but you're still a bit wet behind the ears to know much, I'm afraid. If it is determined that waterboarding is a crime expo facto then we will have to prosecute hundreds of instructors who've trained thousands of warfighters in the military's SERE Schools. Waterboarding is waterboarding and *wrong* under any circumstances according to you, right?
"Waterboarding is waterboarding and *wrong* under any circumstances according to you, right?"
--I believe it is wrong to handcuff someone, blindfold them and choke them. On the other hand, some folks volunteer themselves for it because it arouses them. Just as citizens volunteer for the military and everything that goes along with it. I'm not even sure that everyone who has been mock drowned was even an enemy combatant. A fellow on Guarino's blog did point out 3 people though that he knew were terrorists.
Are you suggesting that we do need to prosecute those involved with mock drowning? Man was forced? I don't see that since he did in fact have a choice. He may have been court marshalled had he refused, but he also would've been court marshalled had a letter like this been written during Cheney's reign.
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Really, brandonB? Can you cite a single inactive military member being tried by courts-martial during President Bush's administration over a humorous letter? Or are you just talking out your butt about what you *assume* might have happened with no experience, no personal knowledge, and no evidence to show us?
ReplyDeleteWhat you don't know, my young friend, about the military and fighting a war could fill volumes. I appreciate that you're a young firebrand who thinks he has all the answers to the world's problems, but you're still a bit wet behind the ears to know much, I'm afraid.
If it is determined that waterboarding is a crime expo facto then we will have to prosecute hundreds of instructors who've trained thousands of warfighters in the military's SERE Schools. Waterboarding is waterboarding and *wrong* under any circumstances according to you, right?
"Waterboarding is waterboarding and *wrong* under any circumstances according to you, right?"
ReplyDelete--I believe it is wrong to handcuff someone, blindfold them and choke them. On the other hand, some folks volunteer themselves for it because it arouses them. Just as citizens volunteer for the military and everything that goes along with it. I'm not even sure that everyone who has been mock drowned was even an enemy combatant. A fellow on Guarino's blog did point out 3 people though that he knew were terrorists.
--brandonB
"Or are you just talking out your butt about what you *assume* might have happened with no experience"
ReplyDelete--Kind of like how some folks claim that waterboarding saved american lives even though they were potentially facing prosecution for war crimes?
-brandonB