Obama and Democrats' Torture Problem

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Obama made a decision that made sense. All you LIBERAL son of b__ch's who think you know so much about GIVING US your two cents! There are things that have to be done. If one of you sob's served in the military, and was in combat you would know. Of course non of you who were in the military did anything except type, and cook. Combat is survival, and survival is do or die. If he did spill our secrets out, that would weaken us.
The Liberals want all the things we needed to do for our safety, to be spread out like dirty laundry because they HATE THIS COUNTRY! I was at Gitmo and know how these terriost think. I have served this country for 31 years in the Marines. There are no liberals in the Marine Corps, not one. For the sake of there own anger the liberals would sell this country down the road for a sick hatred of one man GEORGE W BUSH. I've served under worst then him by a mile. So remember the president of the United States JOB is to PROTECT this counrty I fought and lost a limb for. SO DON"T YOU DARE F_CK WITH This Marine!

James Dewit of MI 10:04PM May 30, 2009

All the unlawful acts committed in the name of the USA were learned from allowing Israeli duel citizens into our armed forces. In Israel they torture, detain without due process of law and have one law for Jews and one for Arabs. We have become them. Wake up America. Is this a taboo subject or have they even taken over this web site?

frank of NJ 12:15AM May 30, 2009

I blame all of you that voted for mccain, and for those that voted for obama. Obama is just as big a crook as bush was. I keep hearing about the lesser of two evils, but that is some stupid thinking. You should never choose one evil over the other. Which way would you rather die, cancer or aids. This country needs to vote every senator and every representative out every election year. Are you too stupid to see that the same old people are in the congress every year. Who is president does not make a difference if all of the crooked democrat and republican congress is still there. I always heard that if you don't vote you don't have a right to complain, but that is dead wrong. The ones who vote these same crooks in have given them the right to rip every one off. Those who do not vote these crooks in have every right to complain. If one vote really counted, then I would have voted everyone out and started over from scratch. There needs to be a four year term limit on all offices in congress and the president. Now suck on that republicans and democrats.

B. Robb of VA 11:51PM May 29, 2009

If Mr. Mccain would have been elected, none of this accusations would have taken place...it would have been bns as usual and none the wiser.....right or wrong a person or country would do anything for revenge for its own survival of its own people.
Look at the war of vietnam we lost and no president was annoy persistenly....What about North Korea? all we complished there a time bomb ready to go off any day.
We didn't think twice when Japan attacked pearl Harbor..I think our present president open a can of wroms that will come back to hunt him later on....let's learn and move on!

frank carter of TX 3:36PM May 27, 2009

Republican Presidential Crime Ring commits war crimes, thus Democrats have a problem. Phew. Is Dick Cheney ghost writing these articles?
Clue for Democrats : That dark abyss you're pointing to in abject confusion is not a hole in the ground. It's your ass and it's on the line.
Man up. Seek full and fair trials for alledged evil doers.
Unless the judicial system is another total fiction, let it do its work.

bkmur of KY 12:10PM May 27, 2009

her husband, a iranian backed alaska pro-seperatist is pro anti-american. since birds of a feather flock together palin in 2012 is ideal. at least we get rid of pro isreal over acceptance of john boy's iranian stewardship. does iran need alaskan oil?
the moral majority is outstanding on how many gay preachers, gay catholic priests who did not know that sex with little kids is against the law, preachers who steal the money from the churches, and violate the separation of church state powers by trying to inflict the church on all people thru government decree.
where was a coward named richard cheney in the vietnam war and his drunkie, druggie pilot buddy who could not remember where he parked his airplane...was that texas or alabama it darn sure was not in combat missions to kill the godless communists over the skies of north vietnam.
should you believe your bible, read it again...a bunch of you are in a lot of trouble for stealing, rape, worshipping other gods like the statue of mary, saints, etc. throw in murder, adultry, etc....the crimes of the church are many.
bible thumpers really need to examine blackwater usa, known as Xe, the truth about halliburton, kbr, and etc. you say yourself judgement day is coming and boy oh boy am i glad i am not a palin christian.

linuxdog of WY 9:57PM May 26, 2009

The fundamental problem is that today's mainstream GOP has forgotten the words of the founder of the National Review, William F. Buckley Jr. He said, "I've spent my entire lifetime separating the right from the kooks." The consequences of not understanding the wisdom of those words are here for all to see. From the vulgarity of the mainstream GOP-oriented media to the morally disgusting and incomprehensible defense of torture in the name of national security, the kooks have clearly taken over in the GOP. But America knows this now, the elections proved it. The torture discussion only helps in exposing this to the few who still haven't figured it out. 2010 will not be a great year for the GOP, either, if they don't change with this respect.
Just watch Jesse Ventura talk to Hannity on the topic - it's like a sad but still powerful father giving an earful to the frat boy son whom the father thinks may have lost his ability to tell right from wrong. That was better than anything a truth commission could ever achieve! That kind of language reaches even more of those who haven't yet smelled the coffee. Torture discussion is not a problem for the Democrats, it's a problem for the GOP. They need to change for their own good.

Jerry of CA 9:45PM May 24, 2009

The solution -
1. send 20% of detainees to Washington, DC
2. Send 20% of detainees to San Francisco, CA
3. Send 20% of detainees to Las Vegas, NV
4. Send 20% of detainees to Chicago, IL
5. Send 20% of detainees to Wilmington, DE
Don't forget to issue them their social security cards.
Problem solved.

JR Gordon of FL 10:20PM May 23, 2009

Cheney deserves to be put in jail.
When I got to Vietnam in 1/68, I didn't see this dick because he wasn't there, hadn't been there, and wasn't coming. The same is true for George W. who hid out in the National Guard. Cheney had five student deferments to avoid the draft. The arogant slob said that he had other priorities. The real one was that he was a coward and wanted to save his ass.
Years later these two started the war with Iraq with lies. Bush even bragged that he was a war president. These guys didn't have the guts to serve when their generation went to war, so they sent the next generation to fight for them in a war they sold to the American public. Bush and Cheney were trying to proove their manhood by sending troops to a war which should have never been fought.
These guys used torture for the same reason. They were trying to show us that they really were tough guys and not draft dodging cowards.
We prosecuted some Japanese at the end of World II for waterboarding Americans. Bush and Cheney have turned us into hypocrites.

Bill B of IN 6:44PM May 23, 2009

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Mephistopheles of DC 5:30PM May 23, 2009