tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5194776.post115656643619336100..comments2023-11-05T23:25:31.498+11:00Comments on Wot Is It Good 4: Turkish airforce jets struck IraqUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5194776.post-1156710740295378762006-08-28T06:32:00.000+10:002006-08-28T06:32:00.000+10:00"Furthermore, indicating the boundless duplicity o..."<I>Furthermore, indicating the boundless duplicity of this administration, the amendment to the War Crimes Act—bypassing the abuses forbidden by that law, the Geneva Conventions, and now the Supreme Court of the United States—excuses any of these crimes that have been committed since September 11, 2001! <B>Anyone who has ordered or perpetrated 'humiliating and degrading' treatment since then gets off scot-free.</B></I>" (Emphasis mine.)<BR/><BR/>We must, of course, keep the pressure on our various congresscritters to resist this effort, but also remember that just because Congress may pass some crap to retroactively absolve these creeps does not mean such crap will pass the Constitutional test. <BR/><BR/>They keep forgetting that. Everytime I hear somebody say that if the prez doesn't like a law he can go to Congress and change it I just want to scream. <BR/><BR/>The law must STILL be consistent with the Constitution.<BR/><BR/>Dammit.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5194776.post-1156677737573561072006-08-27T21:22:00.000+10:002006-08-27T21:22:00.000+10:00hentoff does indeed rock.re 'oops - someone droppe...hentoff does indeed rock.<BR/><BR/>re 'oops - someone dropped bombs but we'd better not jump to conclusions' = 'we havent found a way to blame syria or iran yet' (or it was one of our friends)lukeryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13280906371216516750noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5194776.post-1156591044913966062006-08-26T21:17:00.000+10:002006-08-26T21:17:00.000+10:00first off, Hentoff totally rocks; been reading him...first off, Hentoff totally rocks; been reading him since i was a little kid.<BR/><BR/>about Turkey/Iraq and this: '<I> "I'm not sure exactly where the shelling came from. So I'd be hesitant to say exactly who was responsible for it," the US general said."</I><BR/><BR/>oh, i have a pret-ty good idea as to whom exactly is responsible. all of whom, originally, that is.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com