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Topic: Just say no to waterboarding
adj4u Joined Sun 04/08/07 Posts: 21254	Sat 02/23/08 12:36 AM
now jess why don't you quit putting it so nicely and state what you really think

Jess642 Joined Sat 03/31/07 Posts: 22732	Sat 02/23/08 12:45 AM
now jess why don't you quit putting it so nicely and state what you really think hey Robin... When have you known me to censor what I feel, and what my opinions are?

adj4u Joined Sun 04/08/07 Posts: 21254	Sat 02/23/08 12:46 AM
i know thats why i like you so

Jess642 Joined Sat 03/31/07 Posts: 22732	Sat 02/23/08 12:48 AM
i know thats why i like you so Doesn't win many new friends... but then who's looking??? So nice to see so many of the older crew about... (And when have you known me to be anything but consistent?)

adj4u Joined Sun 04/08/07 Posts: 21254	Sat 02/23/08 12:50 AM
i know thats why i like you so Doesn't win many new friends... but then who's looking??? So nice to see so many of the older crew about... (And when have you known me to be anything but consistent?) might not win ya knew friends but the friends ya do get are usually loyal ones

karmafury Joined Sun 11/12/06 Posts: 10156	Sat 02/23/08 03:45 AM
{quote}And mercinaries, according to Article 47: shall not have the right to be a combatant or a prisoner of war. The Conventions, as Ace mentions in his post, are built upon mutual obligations. When one side has no regard for rules of war, the protections of those rules no longer apply to them. Makes it open season on Blackwater and the other so called 'security' firms there. They are as bad as insurgents if not worse since they 'represent' a 'friendly' force.

Drivinmenutz Joined Wed 11/14/07 Posts: 4290	Sat 02/23/08 09:40 PM Edited by Drivinmenutz on Sat 02/23/08 09:42 PM
its a pitty the (insurgents) people fighting in there own country by the way news flash.....nearly all the terrorists in Iraq are not from Iraq... you have just made that up please provide any data you have. The latest figure I have heard was 10% of violent acts are due to outside forces and that was from our own government. wow if you believe that there is no hope ummm I've gotten shot at by Iranian snipers.... maybe not most but a very large number of the insurgents we captured turned out to be from Iran and Syria... Just letting you know. And there was substantial evidence during my stay there that Iran was giving insurgents supplies/training.

madisonman Joined Sun 12/23/07 Posts: 4573	Sun 02/24/08 04:54 AM
its a pitty the (insurgents) people fighting in there own country by the way news flash.....nearly all the terrorists in Iraq are not from Iraq... you have just made that up please provide any data you have. The latest figure I have heard was 10% of violent acts are due to outside forces and that was from our own government. wow if you believe that there is no hope ummm I've gotten shot at by Iranian snipers.... maybe not most but a very large number of the insurgents we captured turned out to be from Iran and Syria... Just letting you know. And there was substantial evidence during my stay there that Iran was giving insurgents supplies/training. The essential questions are: How large is the presence of AQI, in terms of manpower and attacks instigated, and what role does the group play in catalyzing further violence? For the first question, the military has produced an estimate. In a background briefing this July in Baghdad, military officials said that during the first half of this year AQI accounted for 15 percent of attacks in Iraq. That figure was also cited in the military intelligence report during final preparations for a National Intelligence Estimate in July. http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/features/2007/0710.tilghman.html

oldsage Joined Thu 09/14/06 Posts: 18043	Sun 02/24/08 05:51 AM
I wish it was all as easy as some people think. The news media only reports sensational things. If nothing is happening, no news. Iraq, my son's special surgicalunit is BORED. Been there since August & have only treated 6 American combat casualties. Maybe before we make all the decisions, we need to go there & see the TRUTH. Might change a lot of comments that are made about the situation. Just an old man's thoughts.