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NJmaverick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-22-09 12:58 PM Original message |
Did the US release captured Nazis during WW 2? |
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HarukaTheTrophyWife (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-22-09 12:59 PM Response to Original message |
1. Did the Germans bomb Pearl Harbor? |
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Rebubula (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-22-09 01:07 PM Response to Reply #1 |
17. Shhh.. |
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theblasmo (221 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-22-09 01:38 PM Response to Reply #17 |
61. Rock on, Bluto |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-25-09 10:38 AM Response to Reply #17 |
195. Well, they were in league with the Germans. When you're on the same side, then it becomes relevant. |
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ima_sinnic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-22-09 01:34 PM Response to Reply #1 |
55. no they did not |
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HarukaTheTrophyWife (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-22-09 01:35 PM Response to Reply #55 |
56. What the fuck are you talking about? |
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ima_sinnic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-22-09 01:37 PM Response to Reply #56 |
59. the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor |
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HarukaTheTrophyWife (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-22-09 01:38 PM Response to Reply #59 |
62. Fine, believe those lies, but I know the truth |
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ima_sinnic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-22-09 01:41 PM Response to Reply #62 |
66. excuse me? |
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HarukaTheTrophyWife (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-22-09 01:42 PM Response to Reply #66 |
68. Leave me alone, I'm on a roll |
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jobycom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-22-09 01:45 PM Response to Reply #68 |
74. Is it a Kaiser roll? |
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HarukaTheTrophyWife (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-22-09 01:46 PM Response to Reply #74 |
75. We call those "hard rolls" here |
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jobycom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-22-09 01:46 PM Response to Reply #75 |
76. Blutocrat. |
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LanternWaste (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-22-09 01:48 PM Response to Reply #68 |
78. I'm gonna play a weepy guitar tune on the stairs... |
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DailyGrind51 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-24-09 09:01 AM Response to Reply #78 |
184. Not that "I gave my love a cherry" shit? |
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LostinVA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-22-09 02:34 PM Response to Reply #56 |
120. Errr... of course they did -- who the heck says they didn't?! |
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ima_sinnic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-22-09 03:33 PM Response to Reply #120 |
142. oops, sorry, meant to reply to a different post (delete) |
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martymar64 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-22-09 06:16 PM Response to Reply #120 |
160. And then came the UN |
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ima_sinnic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-22-09 06:49 PM Response to Reply #120 |
164. the "Nazis"? don't you mean the Japanese navy? (nt) |
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csziggy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-23-09 12:20 AM Response to Reply #164 |
170. Watch Animal House, please, for all our sakes! It will hurt less than this thread |
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ima_sinnic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-23-09 05:46 AM Response to Reply #170 |
172. oh, excuse me, I didn't realize I was supposed to recall a movie I saw 30 yrs ago |
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csziggy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-23-09 01:04 PM Response to Reply #172 |
175. Animal House has become an iconic part of American culture |
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ima_sinnic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-23-09 04:23 PM Response to Reply #175 |
179. you put Animal House in the same league as The Maltese Falcon, Gone With the Wind, & Shakespeare? |
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HarukaTheTrophyWife (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-24-09 10:30 PM Response to Reply #179 |
189. Actually, Shakespeare's comedy is quite low brow |
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SOS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-23-09 05:01 PM Response to Reply #120 |
180. 1942? |
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11 Bravo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-22-09 02:52 PM Response to Reply #55 |
127. Ummmmm ... ah, fuck it ... it would take too long. |
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AlCzervik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-22-09 01:36 PM Response to Reply #1 |
58. no way, was that the post before the edit? |
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ima_sinnic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-22-09 01:43 PM Response to Reply #58 |
69. I guess that "edit" is not going to be made. some people prefer distortion |
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HarukaTheTrophyWife (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-22-09 01:44 PM Response to Reply #69 |
72. You just can't face the facts... |
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11 Bravo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-22-09 02:53 PM Response to Reply #72 |
129. You're killing me here! |
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NJmaverick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-22-09 02:48 PM Response to Reply #69 |
125. Yes they do indeed |
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HarukaTheTrophyWife (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-22-09 03:09 PM Response to Reply #125 |
139. Are you saying the Germans didn't bomb Pearl Harbor? |
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Eric J in MN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-22-09 01:01 PM Response to Original message |
2. WWII ended. The War on Terror will never end. |
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NJmaverick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-22-09 01:02 PM Response to Reply #2 |
5. That would be the terrorist's choice if the war ends or not |
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Eric J in MN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-22-09 01:04 PM Response to Reply #5 |
12. There is no spokesman for all the world's terrorists. NT |
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NJmaverick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-22-09 01:15 PM Response to Reply #12 |
29. There are spokes persons for Al Qaeda |
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Eric J in MN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-22-09 01:27 PM Response to Reply #29 |
47. So if the US government captures a man in his apartment, |
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NJmaverick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-22-09 01:33 PM Response to Reply #47 |
53. You didn't read or listen to Obma's speech, did you? |
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Eric J in MN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-22-09 01:44 PM Response to Reply #53 |
71. Here are the relevant paragraphs. |
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NJmaverick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-22-09 01:47 PM Response to Reply #71 |
77. I don't think it's a good idea to edit out the other two paragraphs |
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Eric J in MN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-22-09 01:52 PM Response to Reply #77 |
86. If someone "received extensive explosives training at al Qaeda training camps" |
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NJmaverick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-22-09 01:54 PM Response to Reply #86 |
89. What law would you be prosecuting them under??? |
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Eric J in MN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-22-09 02:04 PM Response to Reply #89 |
103. Laws against "material support" of terrorism were passed in 1994 and 1996 |
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NJmaverick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-22-09 02:11 PM Response to Reply #103 |
111. That involved Americans and people on US soil |
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Eric J in MN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-22-09 02:31 PM Response to Reply #111 |
119. Salim Ahmed Hamdan was convicted of material support of terrorism for driving UBL in Afghanistan. |
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NJmaverick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-22-09 02:45 PM Response to Reply #119 |
123. You want to use a law that is not considered legit? |
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Eric J in MN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-22-09 03:18 PM Response to Reply #123 |
140. Among the choices of what to do with a prisoner who got explosives training from Al Qaeda, |
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vaberella (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-23-09 01:19 AM Response to Reply #140 |
171. Uh, but he wouldn't be tried by his peers. How is that lawful? |
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Eric J in MN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-24-09 01:14 AM Response to Reply #171 |
182. Ahmed Ghailani, a Tanzanian seized in Pakistan, is going to tried in civilian court. |
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Raineyb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-22-09 01:58 PM Response to Reply #77 |
94. Unreleaseable and unprocecutable is bullshit |
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NJmaverick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-22-09 02:00 PM Response to Reply #94 |
96. So the US should have let all their Nazi prisoners go, during the war |
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Raineyb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-22-09 02:10 PM Response to Reply #96 |
108. This is not a war. There's been no delcaration of war. |
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NJmaverick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-22-09 02:16 PM Response to Reply #108 |
114. Please! Please read Obama's speech so you understand |
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Diclotican (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-22-09 02:48 PM Response to Reply #96 |
126. NJmaverick |
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NJmaverick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-22-09 02:58 PM Response to Reply #126 |
131. The point was the US didn't release prisoners who would return to their units |
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Diclotican (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-22-09 03:41 PM Response to Reply #131 |
143. NJmaverick |
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Joe Chi Minh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-22-09 05:36 PM Response to Reply #96 |
157. I believe they lead a very free and easy life in the UK, as farm workers. |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-22-09 01:49 PM Original message |
Actually, he says: |
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Eric J in MN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-22-09 01:51 PM Response to Original message |
83. No, he starts by saying "detainees at Guantanamo who cannot be prosecuted" |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-22-09 02:06 PM Response to Reply #83 |
106. prolonged detention should not be the decision of any one man |
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Eric J in MN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-22-09 02:27 PM Response to Reply #106 |
118. A habeas corpus hearing isn't a trial. |
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NJmaverick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-22-09 01:54 PM Response to Original message |
90. Yes it would, wouldn't it |
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bullwinkle428 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-22-09 03:04 PM Response to Reply #12 |
138. Of course there is! Don't you keep up with the news? |
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Fovea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-22-09 01:09 PM Response to Reply #5 |
22. Which terrorists? |
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NJmaverick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-22-09 01:20 PM Response to Reply #22 |
36. I think we can start with the ones that the detainees belong to |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-22-09 01:42 PM Response to Reply #2 |
67. Bzzzt. There IS NO WAR ON TERROR. |
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NJmaverick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-22-09 01:57 PM Response to Reply #67 |
93. Bzzzt, it takes two not to wage war |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-22-09 02:16 PM Response to Reply #93 |
113. I never claimed we would. |
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ClarkUSA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-24-09 02:08 PM Response to Reply #2 |
186. FYI, the Obama administration has officially dropped the BushCo era phrase "war on terror" |
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RetroLounge (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-22-09 01:01 PM Response to Original message |
3. Yes, they went to work for the CIA and the Atomic Program |
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NJmaverick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-22-09 01:02 PM Original message |
All Germans were not Nazis and most Nazis worked on |
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RetroLounge (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-22-09 04:46 PM Response to Original message |
147. GOBAMA! |
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mmonk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-22-09 01:01 PM Response to Original message |
4. Well, the Nazis were in armed conflict of an established war. |
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NJmaverick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-22-09 01:04 PM Response to Reply #4 |
11. Actual Obama would hold them as enemy prisoners |
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mmonk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-22-09 01:23 PM Response to Reply #11 |
40. If facts are important, the executive has no rights as to making law |
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NJmaverick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-22-09 01:27 PM Response to Reply #40 |
46. Did you actually read or listen to what the President said yesterday |
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mmonk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-22-09 01:40 PM Response to Reply #46 |
64. How so? |
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NJmaverick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-22-09 01:49 PM Response to Reply #64 |
80. In that what you claim Obama is going to do |
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mmonk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-22-09 02:06 PM Response to Reply #80 |
105. Here is how I see things |
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NJmaverick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-22-09 02:59 PM Response to Reply #105 |
132. Yet if you go back to my original assertion |
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Thothmes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-22-09 06:29 PM Response to Reply #132 |
161. Because they were being held as prisoners of war |
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mmonk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-22-09 07:06 PM Response to Reply #132 |
166. The soldiers were treated in accordance with the Geneva Convention. |
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mmonk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-22-09 07:17 PM Response to Reply #132 |
167. Should we have done a sweep of German neighborhoods |
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Jane Austin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-22-09 01:02 PM Response to Original message |
6. There were German POW's in a camp in my hometown in East Texas. |
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CatWoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-22-09 01:08 PM Response to Reply #6 |
21. I've read somewhere that upon Jesse Owen's return from his Olympic |
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LostinVA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-22-09 02:37 PM Response to Reply #21 |
122. I actually think that that story was apocryphal -- I need to check |
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Blue_Tires (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-25-09 01:15 AM Response to Reply #6 |
191. i also heard or read somewhere that a bunch of them settled |
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Fovea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-22-09 01:02 PM Response to Original message |
7. Was there a declaration of war? |
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NJmaverick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-22-09 01:05 PM Response to Reply #7 |
14. So what you are saying was Japan was not at war with us after |
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Fovea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-22-09 01:50 PM Response to Reply #14 |
81. What are you saying? |
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Raineyb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-22-09 02:00 PM Response to Reply #14 |
97. You do realize that after Pearl Harbor there was a declaration of war. |
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wileedog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-22-09 05:08 PM Response to Reply #97 |
153. So all the handwringing is over a procedural technicality in other words. |
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Raineyb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-23-09 12:53 PM Response to Reply #153 |
173. No, There is no war there's not going to be a delcaration of war |
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neverforget (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-22-09 01:02 PM Response to Original message |
8. Members of the Luftwaffe, Wehrmacht, German Navy and Waffen SS |
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NJmaverick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-22-09 01:07 PM Response to Reply #8 |
19. Obama proposes the same thing for those prisoners |
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neverforget (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-22-09 01:11 PM Response to Reply #19 |
25. Okay, so they hate us. Is that a crime? |
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NJmaverick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-22-09 01:17 PM Response to Reply #25 |
31. No but their terrorist acts on the US |
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neverforget (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-22-09 01:20 PM Response to Reply #31 |
34. and if they have done that, then they deserve a trial. How unAmerican |
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NJmaverick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-22-09 01:23 PM Response to Reply #34 |
38. You should spend less time clicking on eye rolling emoticons |
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neverforget (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-22-09 01:32 PM Response to Reply #38 |
52. Look in the mirror NJMaverick concerning the eye rolling. |
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NJmaverick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-22-09 01:36 PM Response to Reply #52 |
57. I am dealing with a huge number of people |
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neverforget (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-22-09 01:38 PM Response to Reply #57 |
63. so it's okay for you to do it and not me? |
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NJmaverick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-22-09 01:45 PM Response to Reply #63 |
73. If you did you would understand the 5 part system that all the detainees fall under |
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neverforget (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-22-09 01:52 PM Response to Reply #73 |
85. I understand fully what Obama is doing and I am concerned about parts |
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NJmaverick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-22-09 02:18 PM Response to Reply #85 |
115. Concerns are fine, misleading assertions about no trials |
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neverforget (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-22-09 02:26 PM Response to Reply #115 |
117. Misleading assertions about no trials? From Obama's speech: |
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NJmaverick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-22-09 02:36 PM Response to Reply #117 |
121. ahh the selective editing. I have seen that quite a bit here at DU |
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neverforget (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-22-09 02:53 PM Response to Reply #121 |
128. And it is quite obvious you have a reading comprehension problem |
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jberryhill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-22-09 04:53 PM Response to Reply #117 |
148. You are extrapolating too much from a limited segment there |
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Caliman73 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-22-09 02:01 PM Response to Reply #38 |
99. No they did not commit acts of war. They committed CRIMES. |
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NJmaverick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-22-09 02:20 PM Response to Reply #99 |
116. Al Qaeda pretty much meets the defintion of a political entity |
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Caliman73 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-22-09 03:28 PM Response to Reply #116 |
141. I miscommunicated when I said "political entity" |
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wileedog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-22-09 05:31 PM Response to Reply #141 |
156. But they weren't arrested by police |
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Caliman73 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-22-09 11:59 PM Response to Reply #156 |
169. Because if you continue trying to fit the square peg in the round hole, you fail. |
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Raineyb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-23-09 12:54 PM Response to Reply #156 |
174. Many were merely sold into our custody for bounty. |
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Raineyb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-22-09 02:12 PM Response to Reply #31 |
112. We've not made any such determination as there's been no trial. n/t |
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Diclotican (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-22-09 03:00 PM Response to Reply #8 |
133. neverforget |
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mzmolly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-22-09 01:02 PM Response to Original message |
9. Good point. Perhaps Obama needs to better address |
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NJmaverick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-22-09 01:09 PM Response to Reply #9 |
23. He actually did, to some degree in his speech |
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mzmolly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-23-09 03:53 PM Response to Reply #23 |
177. Admittedly, I tivo'd the speech |
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Xipe Totec (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-22-09 01:04 PM Response to Original message |
10. Link to your sources? |
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NJmaverick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-22-09 01:11 PM Response to Reply #10 |
24. Are you serious? Do you understand how wars are waged? |
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Xipe Totec (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-22-09 04:43 PM Response to Reply #24 |
145. So, no data then? |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-22-09 01:05 PM Response to Original message |
13. Yes, their scientists. We brought them to Los Alamos to work on |
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NJmaverick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-22-09 01:12 PM Response to Reply #13 |
26. Not every German was a Nazi |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-22-09 01:17 PM Response to Reply #26 |
32. They were all Nazis even if only in name to keep their jobs, otherwise they |
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NJmaverick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-22-09 01:19 PM Response to Reply #32 |
33. Albert Einstein was not a Nazi |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-22-09 01:31 PM Response to Reply #33 |
51. Albert Einstein left Germany before the Nazis took over. |
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NJmaverick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-22-09 01:37 PM Response to Reply #51 |
60. After a war, things are distinctly different than while at war |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-22-09 01:43 PM Response to Reply #60 |
70. Well, I guess you have your own definition and parameters. n/t |
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NJmaverick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-22-09 01:52 PM Response to Reply #70 |
87. We are at war |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-22-09 02:09 PM Response to Reply #87 |
107. No, we are conducting two invasions of countries who have done nothing to |
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wileedog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-22-09 05:01 PM Response to Reply #107 |
150. Invading a country is not the same same as being at war with them? |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-22-09 05:06 PM Response to Reply #150 |
152. Probably semantic but since war can only be declared by Congress, we are |
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wileedog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-22-09 05:18 PM Response to Reply #152 |
154. I don't disagree with you completely but |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-22-09 06:33 PM Response to Reply #154 |
162. There are also people as personified by Cindy Sheehan who want to |
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SOS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-23-09 05:19 PM Response to Reply #32 |
181. "They were all Nazis" - absolutely false |
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atreides1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-22-09 01:23 PM Response to Reply #26 |
39. Von Braun was. |
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NJmaverick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-22-09 01:25 PM Response to Reply #39 |
42. and he didn't work for the US until AFTER the war |
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MNDemNY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-22-09 01:06 PM Response to Original message |
15. OK that accounts for about 1% of the detainees, what of the rest? |
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NJmaverick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-22-09 01:13 PM Response to Reply #15 |
27. Did anyone on DU take the time to listen or read |
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atreides1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-22-09 01:29 PM Response to Reply #27 |
50. Okay |
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NJmaverick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-22-09 01:34 PM Response to Reply #50 |
54. Here read his speech |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-22-09 02:00 PM Response to Reply #50 |
95. That's what RICO statutes are for - |
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jberryhill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-22-09 04:59 PM Response to Reply #27 |
149. That's not what he said - are you being sarcastic? |
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sarge43 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-22-09 01:06 PM Response to Original message |
16. No, the US put a lot of them to work on our ICBM program. |
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NJmaverick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-22-09 01:14 PM Response to Reply #16 |
28. There was no ICBM program during WW 2 |
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sarge43 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-22-09 01:25 PM Response to Reply #28 |
41. No kidding. |
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NJmaverick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-22-09 01:26 PM Response to Reply #41 |
44. They were held indefinately as there was no scheduled end of the war |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-22-09 01:07 PM Response to Original message |
18. A bounty program for turning in 'terrorists' had folks turning their neighbors in just for the cash. |
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NJmaverick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-22-09 01:16 PM Response to Reply #18 |
30. Did you take the time to listen to Obama's full speech? |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-22-09 03:03 PM Response to Reply #30 |
137. Actually, I read it. In fact, my mother worked for the fellow who was the Army attorney for |
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Starry Messenger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-22-09 11:54 PM Response to Reply #137 |
168. But without any of the fun. n/t |
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stopbush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-22-09 01:07 PM Response to Original message |
20. The Nazis were white and Christian. |
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villager (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-22-09 01:20 PM Response to Original message |
35. well, there were the Nazis we used to build our rockets and design our intelligence agencies... |
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NJmaverick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-22-09 01:21 PM Response to Reply #35 |
37. That was after the war |
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villager (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-22-09 01:56 PM Response to Reply #37 |
91. and it affected who they chose to prosecute, keep in custody, "let go," etc... |
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Aloha Spirit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-22-09 01:26 PM Response to Original message |
43. I'm glad someone is looking to US history for insight |
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AngryAmish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-22-09 01:27 PM Response to Original message |
45. Soldiers are jailed, spies are hung |
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Joe Chi Minh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-22-09 05:55 PM Response to Reply #45 |
158. Hitler gave an order that all "special services" people were to be executed |
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LanternWaste (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-22-09 01:27 PM Response to Original message |
48. The vast majority of Axis POW's |
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NJmaverick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-22-09 01:29 PM Response to Reply #48 |
49. That is what Obama proposed in his speech yesterday |
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Commie Pinko Dirtbag (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-22-09 01:48 PM Response to Reply #49 |
79. Shorter Obama: "I don't know what to do." |
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NJmaverick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-22-09 03:01 PM Response to Reply #79 |
134. This is the sort of deceptive retelling that has so many people |
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LanternWaste (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-22-09 01:50 PM Response to Reply #49 |
82. I'm responding to what you specifically posted |
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NJmaverick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-22-09 03:02 PM Response to Reply #82 |
136. Anyone responding to Obama and his position |
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Commie Pinko Dirtbag (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-22-09 01:40 PM Response to Original message |
65. You flunk Godwin's Law in the worst way possible. |
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Hell Hath No Fury (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-22-09 01:51 PM Response to Reply #65 |
84. Exactly, How do you defeat and end a "war" on an idealogy? |
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NJmaverick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-22-09 02:02 PM Response to Reply #84 |
101. People kill, not idealogy |
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Fovea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-22-09 01:54 PM Response to Reply #65 |
88. I wish i could recommend a response. |
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NJmaverick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-22-09 02:00 PM Response to Reply #65 |
98. You clearly understand Godwin's law as well as you understand |
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Commie Pinko Dirtbag (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-22-09 02:03 PM Response to Reply #98 |
102. See #79. |
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jberryhill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-22-09 01:57 PM Response to Original message |
92. There is a "war on drugs" too, you know.... |
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NJmaverick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-22-09 02:01 PM Response to Reply #92 |
100. Drugs don't attack this Country or its citizens |
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Caliman73 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-22-09 02:06 PM Response to Reply #100 |
104. No don't but dealers, gangs, and addicts cause a great deal of destruction. |
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iamthebandfanman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-22-09 02:10 PM Response to Reply #104 |
109. so do non-dealers, non-gang member, and non-addicts. n/t |
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jberryhill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-22-09 04:46 PM Response to Reply #109 |
146. The point being - nobody has ever won a war against a noun /nt |
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ClarkUSA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-24-09 02:14 PM Response to Reply #92 |
187. Actually, there's no more "war on drugs" or "war on terror" thanks to the Obama administration. |
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iamthebandfanman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-22-09 02:11 PM Response to Original message |
110. youre right! two wrongs DO make a right! n/t |
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Fearless (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-22-09 02:48 PM Response to Original message |
124. The US did release captured nazi's during WWII... your point? |
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NJmaverick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-22-09 02:55 PM Response to Reply #124 |
130. ahh, no they didn't |
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Fearless (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-22-09 07:06 PM Response to Reply #130 |
165. Actually they did. |
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bullwinkle428 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-22-09 03:02 PM Response to Original message |
135. Ugh. I thought DUers hated it when the Bush Crime Family constantly |
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RetroLounge (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-22-09 05:59 PM Response to Reply #135 |
159. It's an upside down world on DU |
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Forkboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-22-09 04:18 PM Response to Original message |
144. Does a yes or no answer change whether it was/is the correct thing to do? |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-22-09 05:01 PM Response to Reply #144 |
151. Deleted sub-thread |
leftofthedial (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-22-09 05:24 PM Response to Original message |
155. I must have missed the declaration of war with each of the governments |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-22-09 06:34 PM Response to Reply #155 |
163. Me too. n/t |
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IndianaGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-23-09 01:34 PM Response to Original message |
176. Not only the US released captured Nazi war criminals, we helped them settle on US soil |
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ejpoeta (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-23-09 04:03 PM Response to Original message |
178. i believe the german soldiers were POWs. these 'detainees' |
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MyNameGoesHere (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-24-09 06:46 AM Response to Original message |
183. yes they did. |
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paulk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-24-09 02:01 PM Response to Original message |
185. are they "admitted" members of terrorist organizations? |
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LittleBlue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-24-09 02:16 PM Response to Original message |
188. War on Terror =/= WW2. It's more like War on Drugs |
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Rosa Luxemburg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-24-09 11:54 PM Response to Reply #188 |
190. this country isn't fighting a real war |
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ClarkUSA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-25-09 08:29 AM Response to Reply #190 |
192. Be sure to tell that to the soldiers being maimed and killed in Iraq and Afghanistan. |
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Rosa Luxemburg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-26-09 04:43 PM Response to Reply #192 |
196. well exactly - it is the politicians who play games |
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MasonJar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-25-09 10:04 AM Response to Original message |
193. They were POWs in a declared war! The war on terror is not a war |
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backscatter712 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-25-09 10:19 AM Response to Original message |
194. That's why I suggested Obama declare those under "prolonged detention" be declared as POWs. |
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