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KoKo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-11-11 07:36 PM Original message |
If George W. Bush was Treating Bradley Manning like this Would the Left Roll Over & Be Silent? |
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NightWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-11-11 07:37 PM Response to Original message |
1. nope, but it's different now |
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leftstreet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-11-11 07:39 PM Response to Original message |
2. If we HAD a Left in the US, it probably wouldn't be happening |
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Chris_Texas (707 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-11-11 07:43 PM Response to Original message |
3. Left and right are soo last century |
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MNBrewer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-11-11 07:43 PM Response to Original message |
4. No, they wouldn't |
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kpete (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-11-11 07:44 PM Response to Original message |
5. no |
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JoePhilly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-11-11 07:44 PM Response to Original message |
6. Manning is being water boarded? |
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donheld (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-11 02:08 AM Response to Reply #6 |
32. Is waterboarding the only method of torture that's wrong? |
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JoePhilly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-11 05:29 PM Response to Reply #32 |
45. Which specific form of torture has he received? |
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donheld (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-11 11:22 PM Response to Reply #45 |
56. Um, if you read the OP you'll find out. |
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roguevalley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-11 03:08 AM Response to Reply #6 |
34. ah, you are too limited in your thinking. Imagine never having a |
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JoePhilly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-11 05:32 PM Response to Reply #34 |
46. I simply want to know specific which form of recognized torture he receives. |
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MNBrewer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-11 08:22 PM Response to Reply #46 |
52. Guantanamo? |
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slay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-11 02:42 PM Response to Reply #6 |
39. huh? |
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JoePhilly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-11 05:36 PM Response to Reply #39 |
48. I've read lots about it. Lots of folks making claims, but nothing |
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MNBrewer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-11 08:24 PM Response to Reply #48 |
53. I guess you're right! The Bush administration never tortured Bradley Manning |
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Solly Mack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-11-11 07:44 PM Response to Original message |
7. No |
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Canuckistanian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-11-11 07:45 PM Response to Original message |
8. GOOD QUESTION. |
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xchrom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-11-11 07:45 PM Response to Original message |
9. No - but 'moderate democrats' would. |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-11-11 07:46 PM Response to Original message |
10. No one in that video has |
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walldude (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-11-11 07:50 PM Response to Reply #10 |
11. So you are saying that Manning and his lawyers are lying.. |
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msongs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-11-11 07:53 PM Response to Reply #11 |
13. it's ok as long as it is not similar to the Bush method nt |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-11-11 07:54 PM Response to Reply #11 |
14. Hmmm? |
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MNBrewer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-11-11 08:16 PM Response to Reply #14 |
18. so you ARE saying they are lying? |
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walldude (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-11-11 11:35 PM Response to Reply #14 |
28. No I'm suggesting that you post op-eds as facts |
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MNBrewer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-11-11 08:11 PM Response to Reply #10 |
17. Typical disinformation and distraction |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-11-11 08:34 PM Response to Reply #17 |
22. Typical lack of comprehension |
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_ed_ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-11 12:48 PM Response to Reply #22 |
36. If the people in the video don't know, |
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MNBrewer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-11 07:46 PM Response to Reply #36 |
50. ProPaganda has a new spelling now, _ed_ |
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MNBrewer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-11 07:45 PM Response to Reply #22 |
49. 1. thank you for confirming that you were not really responding to the OP |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-11 12:23 AM Response to Reply #10 |
31. Deleted message |
Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-11 02:44 PM Response to Reply #31 |
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_ed_ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-11 12:45 PM Response to Reply #10 |
35. Why? |
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MNBrewer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-11 09:13 PM Response to Reply #35 |
54. it would be "enhanced hydrotherapy" in that case |
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slay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-11 02:43 PM Response to Reply #10 |
40. Is there any excuse you won't make |
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AKDavy (227 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-11-11 07:53 PM Response to Original message |
12. I'm seeing attitudes change daily |
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Mojeoux (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-11-11 07:54 PM Response to Reply #12 |
15. Not Silent Here at DU!.......................nt |
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LooseWilly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-11 12:10 AM Response to Reply #12 |
30. A thought crossed my mind recently... |
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FiveGoodMen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-11-11 08:03 PM Response to Original message |
16. No. And that is the horrifying thing. |
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TheKentuckian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-11-11 08:47 PM Response to Reply #16 |
24. Fuckin' A! |
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Fla_Democrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-11-11 09:11 PM Response to Reply #16 |
26. It's not the what.. it's the who |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-11 12:51 PM Response to Reply #16 |
37. And, again, you forget the very important one.... DESTROYING THE SAFETY NET |
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sudopod (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-11 09:23 PM Response to Reply #37 |
55. *internet high five* nt |
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slay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-11 02:47 PM Response to Reply #16 |
42. Finally someone who will speak the truth |
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madrchsod (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-11-11 08:18 PM Response to Original message |
19. no.... |
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myrna minx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-11-11 08:19 PM Response to Original message |
20. I'd like to add Solly Mack's "The Use of Solitary Confinement & Nudity"thread to this one. |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-11-11 08:28 PM Response to Original message |
21. Obama is playing the "I know nothing" Good German part in his defense of torture. Not "the Left". |
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Moondog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-11-11 08:37 PM Response to Original message |
23. Not a chance. |
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Octafish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-11-11 08:56 PM Response to Original message |
25. Absolutely, KoKo. |
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Puregonzo1188 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-11-11 10:02 PM Response to Original message |
27. Absolutely not, people are DU would be wildly incensed. |
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upi402 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-11-11 11:37 PM Response to Original message |
29. but..but..but... he's on OUR team!! |
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donheld (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-11 02:08 AM Response to Original message |
33. No |
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slay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-11 02:38 PM Response to Original message |
38. It amazes me how some people excuse things under Obama that they NEVER would excuse under Bush |
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ReggieVeggie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-11 02:47 PM Response to Reply #38 |
43. no matter his faults |
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upi402 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-11 02:59 PM Response to Reply #38 |
44. ^+1,000 A lot of 'hurray for our team' idiocy too |
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Demeter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-11 05:33 PM Response to Original message |
47. But my dear, they did! |
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KoKo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-11 07:55 PM Response to Original message |
51. kick...... |
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Mimosa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-11 11:30 PM Response to Original message |
57. Hell no. n/t |
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TorchTheWitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-12-11 11:55 PM Response to Original message |
58. why does it matter whether or not Manning is a US citizen? |
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