Comments on: GOP Senators Sound Like ACLU On Terror Tribunals

By: Sneakeasy's Joint

Sneakeasy's Joint — Thu, 21 Sep 2006 08:00:26 +0000

GOP Senators Sound Like ACLU On Terror Tribunals
Last week, in case you missed it…The Senate Armed Services Committee on Thursday voted 15-9 to recommend a bill — over the objections of the Bush administration — that would authorize tribunals for terror suspects in a way that it

By: camanintx

camanintx — Fri, 15 Sep 2006 18:19:58 +0000

Kerwin,

I would really like to hear your definition of war. Most common definitions rest on the assumption that both parties are nations. While military action may be taken against nations which harbor or assist terrorists, individual terrorists should be treated as criminals. How do the attacks of 9/11 and 7/11 differ from the Oklahoma bombing in 1995 and why shouldn’t we hold them accountable in a court of law?

By: RedSonja2000

RedSonja2000 — Fri, 15 Sep 2006 17:15:43 +0000

Right wingers are so busy peeing down their leg in terror they don’t mind trashing the Geneva Convention, the US Constitution or American morality in order to feel a little less afraid. Torture is immoral and I want to hang onto my morality, thanks anyway.

What happened to courage in this country? Lock yourself in a deep hole if that will make you feel less afraid. You won’t have any freedom, but that’s your choice. The rest of us are willing to take some risks in order to remain a free people. If I can’t live free, the terrorists can just go ahead and pull the trigger. I’d rather be dead.

By: Conservative Outpost

Conservative Outpost — Fri, 15 Sep 2006 14:30:17 +0000

Daily Summary
NEWS: – Bush to Hold White House Press Conference – Senators Defy Bush On Terror Measure – House backs rule to curtail ‘earmarks’ – House Passes Border-Fence Bill – Religious Revival in the U.S. – Time to Confirm ‘Constitutionalist’ Judges,…

By: Another Rovian Conspiracy - Brian

Another Rovian Conspiracy - Brian — Fri, 15 Sep 2006 13:22:31 +0000

McCain’s Hubris
That Powell and McCain think that captured terrorists (who do not wear identifiable uniforms and who do not carry their weapons in the open – specific requirements for combatants to be covered under the Geneva Convention)… that these two mental mid…

By: loboinok

loboinok — Fri, 15 Sep 2006 10:13:20 +0000

McCain stands his ground on CIA jails("willing to risk the presidency")

By: kerwin_brown

kerwin_brown — Fri, 15 Sep 2006 06:56:55 +0000

Camanintx,

You are speaking of people who are prisoners of war despite Bush using that euphemism “enemy combatants”. You do not give prisoners of war trials. If they are saboteurs, spies, etc caught in the U.S. then maybe you try them. I would have to check the precedent on that one.

By: A Blog For All

A Blog For All — Fri, 15 Sep 2006 02:22:00 +0000

Priorities
The Senate Armed Services Committee voted on its own version of a terror tribunal bill, which would grant even more rights to terror suspects than the Administration’s version. The vote passed 15-9, with chairman John Warner of Virginia (R) joined by…

By: camanintx

camanintx — Fri, 15 Sep 2006 02:10:49 +0000

If another country labeled people as subversives, detained them for several years without access to lawyers, then tried them in courts devoid of due process, wouldn’t we accuse them of violating basic human rights? Just look at some of the State Department reports on Iran (Arbitrary Arrest or Detention), Syria (Denial of Fair Public Trial), Pakistan (poor prison conditions, arbitrary arrest, and lengthy pretrial detention) and Cuba (denial of fair trial).