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Posts Made By: Rod Kaufman

April 23, 2009 02:35 PM Forum: Politics

Abu Ghraib Torture: per Rummy

Posted By Rod Kaufman
It wasn't a failure of command or lowly privates having fun with their prisoners at Aby Ghraib. It was Rumsfeld:
http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/04/22/us.torture.karpinski/index.html
I'd think the pro-military folks in this forum would be outraged to learn the military took the brunt of the scandal when it was senior Bush administration officials who authorized it in the first place...

April 23, 2009 03:10 PM Forum: Politics

Torture: UAE Style

Posted By Rod Kaufman
It appears our techniques pale in comparison to what the United Arab Emirates dish out:
http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/story?id=7402099&page=1
Stuffing sand down the throat, driving over a victim with an SUV,(even though it's a mercedes)etc
Maybe Richard's right and what we do isn't torture afterall..

April 24, 2009 04:15 PM Forum: Politics

GOP: Divorced From Reality

Posted By Rod Kaufman
http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/la-oe-maher24-2009apr24,0,927819.story
Bill offers up a nice summary of current events.
Loved the muslim comment...

April 25, 2009 08:00 PM Forum: Politics

Pakistan: "Rapidly Deteriorating"

Posted By Rod Kaufman
Jim Babcock said:

That is a great question for Obama and his supporters. I guess they must be planning to negotiate or appease them. Obama and Dems do not believe in defending the country and our interests. They prefer to make public national secrets.

Under the "leadership" of Obama Iraq is becoming a mess again, North Korea is back to building nukes, and Iran is moving full speed ahead. It definitely looks like the world must love us now that Dems are in COMPLETE control. Now this is change you can believe in. Can't you just wait to see how much more damage he and the Dems can do to this country over the next 4 years? 8O
Jim,
Don't even think of blaming Obama for the mess in Iraq. That's the utter BS that the rightwingers could be expected to throw at him and it meets the predictions of just about any pundit you'd care to name. It wouldn't be any better no matter who's in office...

April 25, 2009 02:52 AM Forum: Politics

Pakistan: "Rapidly Deteriorating"

Posted By Rod Kaufman
http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/04/24/pakistan.taliban.control.gilani/index.html
CNN reported Pakistan nukes may have been disassembled and their parts shipped to different military bases in order to prevent them from falling into the hands of the Taliban.
The Taliban are freaking death. I don't know why we're watching when we could be bombing...

April 26, 2009 08:09 PM Forum: Politics

Swell, Now We'll Never Know

Posted By Rod Kaufman
The CIA and the Bush administration never thought to perform a systematic review of the results and effectiveness of the interrogation techniques they implemented:
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-interrogate26-2009apr26,0,5771981.story
I suppose that's another reason why historians have stated the Bush administration will be characterized by one word: "incompetency."

April 28, 2009 03:21 AM Forum: Politics

What, Not Playing By The Rules?

Posted By Rod Kaufman
"Instead of laying down their arms under the terms of a peace deal, the Taliban picked them up!"
And that surprises the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff?
http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/04/27/us.pakistan/index.html
What does he think he's dealing with here? The boyscouts?
This is essentially the same element that kidnapped a seagoing captain, held him for ransom, offered him for exchange for a captured pirate and then reneged on the deal when they got their fellow buccaneer back.
Enough.
It's time to break out the B52s...

April 30, 2009 03:59 PM Forum: Politics

Oops, A Bushie Torture Boo Boo

Posted By Rod Kaufman
Looks like they punished the wrong guy:
http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/la-oe-margulies30-2009apr30,0,3309097.story
OTH, they're probably all complicit anyway and Limbaugh is right: McCain needs to moveover to the Dems.

May 1, 2009 11:29 PM Forum: Politics

Obama's gonna get your guns

Posted By Rod Kaufman
The latest ploy from Obama: ratifying a treaty that will allow foreign countries to identify gun owners in the United States. Specifically, Mexico will, if the treaty is ratified, be able to identify gun owners in America. You know what this means, illegal immigrants looking for work will knock on your door to verify your gun ownership. You also know this means they will come to take them and you will give it to them.
Doesn't this go contrary to the second amendment? Where are our rights?

May 2, 2009 08:37 PM Forum: Politics

Mohamed Get His Day in Court

Posted By Rod Kaufman
Looks like the Obama administration thinks the same way as the Bush administration when it comes to secrets and national security but our jurists think differently:
http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/editorials/la-ed-ninth2-2009may02,0,3240163.story
It'll be interesting to see the outcome when Mohamed gets to court...

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