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Article #474Re: How to waterboard
From: bearclaw
Date: Tue, 19 Sep 2006 16:33
Date: Tue, 19 Sep 2006 16:33
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In article <a9TPg.7530$8e5.3375@tornado.ohiordc.rr.com>, "Chloe" <justsayno@spam.com> wrote: > <bearclaw@cruller.invalid> wrote in message > news:bearclaw-02D0A5.01000719092006@news.supernews.com... > ><snip> > > That's the kind of military it will take to win the "War On Terror". A > > brutal one. The kind of military that represents its civilian leaders > > well. The same rulers who represent us, the citizens, and what we stand > > for. > > Lead from an AP story in this morning's newspaper: "Al-Quida in Iraq warned > Pope Benedict XVI on Monday that its war against Christianity and the West > will go on until Islam takes over the world." > > Just wondering, is there any part of that sentence that you're unclear on > the meaning of? Or do you think the poor, misunderstood Islamists are just > being misquoted? No, Chloe, I understand the WHOLE statement. So what? It is from al-Qaeda. What else do you expect from them? Kisses and hugs? Raggedy people on every street corner in every great population center on the planet have been mumbling the same senseless, mindless, idiotic crap for decades, if not centuries. So what? We should become torturers to satisfy what? Listen closely: torture doesn't work. Every regime in history that made torture the cornerstone of their military/intelligence has fallen, and rightly so. You really want to bring the "war" on terrorism home? Then legitimize torture, and get exactly what you deserve.
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