In post 92, he states Gitmo prisoners to be waging war against the USA. But if so, they would fall under international law and international rules for justice. A failure to do so, is in itself, a war crime. But that hasn’t been done at all under geortie.

AP also follows the SOP of the neocons by arguing the crimes of Saddam Hussein. While a lot of people are decrying the lies of the USA about Hussain (see Colin Powell and UN, see aluminum tubes, see yellow cake), nobody is saying ths Hussein was a nice guy. Plus, AP is following SOP by conveniently forgetting that the USA intelligence community was highly instrumental in putting SH in power to begin with.

Ya just can’t forget the inconvenient facts because you don’t like them.

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As frustrated as I get with Obama sometimes, I thank FSM everyday that McCain is not our President.

Zooey:
Well said, wise Pastafarian!

LOL

Maybe Mr. McCain is suggesting that we respond to the plight of the Iranian people who have had their rights taken away by bombing them?

Anyone else besides me really glad we don’t have an idiot in the White House?

We shed no tears from the death of Saddam Hussain. Way to go, USA. Ziz boom rah. Go go power rangers, etc etc etc.

It’s the subsequent death and displacement of hundreds of thousands of iraqi civilians (which you neocons are directly and indirectly responsible for), that we’re against. You royally screwed the pooch, so to speak.

AmPat, little buddy, you obviously missed that I caught flack for that comment.

But if you care to comment on the many other requests for rational debate, please feel free to do so.

War Crimes and Crimes Against Humanity

Saddam Hussein seized power in 1979. The list of war crimes and crimes against humanity committed by Saddam Hussein and his regime is a long one. It includes:

• The use of poison gas and other war crimes against Iran and the Iranian people during the 1980-88 Iran-Iraq war. Iraq summarily executed thousands of Iranian prisoners of war as a matter of policy.

The same chemicals sold to him by the United States.

• The “Anfal” campaign in the late 1980’s against the Iraqi Kurds, including the use of poison gas on cities. In one of the worst single mass killings in recent history, Iraq dropped chemical weapons on Halabja in 1988, in which as many as 5,000 people — mostly civilians — were killed.

Provider: US.

• Crimes against humanity and war crimes arising out of Iraq’s 1990-91 invasion and occupation of Kuwait.

Invasion ok’s by Bush sr. April Gaspie, his representative, told Saddam the US wouldn’t interfere, before the invasion.

• Crimes against humanity and possibly genocide against Iraqi Kurds in northern Iraq. This includes the destruction of over 3,000 villages. The Iraqi government’s campaign of forced deportations of Kurdish and Turkomen families to southern Iraq has created approximately 900,000 internally displaced citizens throughout the country.

With material support by a republican president.

Crimes against humanity and possibly genocide against Marsh Arabs and Shi’a Arabs in southern Iraq. Entire populations of villages have been forcibly expelled. Government forces have burned their houses and fields, demolished houses with bulldozers, and undertaken a deliberate campaign to drain and poison the marshes. Thousands of civilians have been summarily executed.

• Possible crimes against humanity for killings, ostensibly against political opponents, within Iraq.

All done on a republican president’s watch. Your point?

That republican presidents coddle genocidal dictators?

Thanks, but we already knew that.

Oooooh, I remember THAT one! It was Keith at his glorious best!
Have I mentioned how much I LOVE that courageous, honorable man?
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Hoodathunktick Says:

Is it just me or does a krystalview have a golden shower fixation?
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McCain: “It’s obvious this was a rigged election”– interesting how he knows this to be a fact. While many people are suspicious, no real proof is available, yet McCain knows.

I’m pretty convinced, but for a public official to say so without evidence is merely irresponsible.

Or what he knows about rational foreign policy.

Or what he knows about American Idol.

Didn’t MCCain say during the debates that HE knew where Osama was and how to get him?

That’s an excellent point. Perhaps whoever interviews him next should ask him about that. They should also ask why he was willing to hold the entire nation hostage unless they elected him president. He said he wouldn’t reveal what he knew unless he won the election. Was he simply lying during the campaign, or does he want bin Laden to strike us again? Based on what McCain himself has said, it’s a valid question.

Hmm, I wonder just where Saddam got all those nasty things from.
If you say the Ronnie(Bonzo)Ray-gun administration, you are correct.