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Thursday, June 16, 2005
We have captured another Zarqawi aide. How many aides does this guy have? And isn't "aide" a rather antiseptic word for a murderous thug like Zarqawi? It makes him sound like a high ranking politician. I think "henchman" would be a better word.
Now that we've captured this new guy what would Dick Durbin want to do with the guy? I guess stripping him and throwing him into an air conditioned room is out. So is playing Christine Aguilera music? They want us to treat these guys like legitimate POW's. POW's can only be asked name, rank, and serial number. Well, we already know this guy's name and they don't have ranks and serial numbers. They don't wear uniforms and aren't members of an army of a recognized nation. They are terrorists who blow up people at the market or trying to get a job at a police station. They kill Americans, and they kill Iraqis. Would Senator Durbin rule out asking this guy any question about his murderous pals? If you're going to give them POW status, we can't ask them questions. We only found this guy because we caught some other henchmen at the end of May and interrogated them. Would Senator Durbin prefer that we had not done so?
Have these guys calling for giving enemy combatants the status of POWs thought at all what that would mean? We wouldn't be able to interrogate anyone we picked up about imminent plans to kill more Iraqis or Americans. We wouldn't be able to try to get information to find any more of these henchmen. Think of how much worse the security situation would be in Iraq if we treated these guys under the same rules meant for soldiers who wear a uniform and fight for a nation that recognizes the Geneva Convention. There is a reason why we have such a convention. It protects civilians. It forces soldiers to wear uniforms so that we know who is and is not a civilian and don't have to fear that each person on the street has plans to kill our guys. Does Senator Durbin and all the rest of the people who think that the Genevea Convention should apply to people who aren't fighting under the rules of the Convention understand this basic fact? They would make warfare even more dangerous for civilians if we did away with that basic distinction.
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We have captured another Zarqawi aide. How many aides does this guy have? And isn't "aide" a rather antiseptic word for a murderous thug like Zarqawi? It makes him sound like a high ranking politician. I think "henchman" would be a better word.
Now that we've captured this new guy what would Dick Durbin want to do with the guy? I guess stripping him and throwing him into an air conditioned room is out. So is playing Christine Aguilera music? They want us to treat these guys like legitimate POW's. POW's can only be asked name, rank, and serial number. Well, we already know this guy's name and they don't have ranks and serial numbers. They don't wear uniforms and aren't members of an army of a recognized nation. They are terrorists who blow up people at the market or trying to get a job at a police station. They kill Americans, and they kill Iraqis. Would Senator Durbin rule out asking this guy any question about his murderous pals? If you're going to give them POW status, we can't ask them questions. We only found this guy because we caught some other henchmen at the end of May and interrogated them. Would Senator Durbin prefer that we had not done so?
Have these guys calling for giving enemy combatants the status of POWs thought at all what that would mean? We wouldn't be able to interrogate anyone we picked up about imminent plans to kill more Iraqis or Americans. We wouldn't be able to try to get information to find any more of these henchmen. Think of how much worse the security situation would be in Iraq if we treated these guys under the same rules meant for soldiers who wear a uniform and fight for a nation that recognizes the Geneva Convention. There is a reason why we have such a convention. It protects civilians. It forces soldiers to wear uniforms so that we know who is and is not a civilian and don't have to fear that each person on the street has plans to kill our guys. Does Senator Durbin and all the rest of the people who think that the Genevea Convention should apply to people who aren't fighting under the rules of the Convention understand this basic fact? They would make warfare even more dangerous for civilians if we did away with that basic distinction.
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We have captured another Zarqawi aide. How many aides does this guy have? And isn't "aide" a rather antiseptic word for a murderous thug like Zarqawi? It makes him sound like a high ranking politician. I think "henchman" would be a better word.
Now that we've captured this new guy what would Dick Durbin want to do with the guy? I guess stripping him and throwing him into an air conditioned room is out. So is playing Christine Aguilera music? They want us to treat these guys like legitimate POW's. POW's can only be asked name, rank, and serial number. Well, we already know this guy's name and they don't have ranks and serial numbers. They don't wear uniforms and aren't members of an army of a recognized nation. They are terrorists who blow up people at the market or trying to get a job at a police station. They kill Americans, and they kill Iraqis. Would Senator Durbin rule out asking this guy any question about his murderous pals? If you're going to give them POW status, we can't ask them questions. We only found this guy because we caught some other henchmen at the end of May and interrogated them. Would Senator Durbin prefer that we had not done so?
Have these guys calling for giving enemy combatants the status of POWs thought at all what that would mean? We wouldn't be able to interrogate anyone we picked up about imminent plans to kill more Iraqis or Americans. We wouldn't be able to try to get information to find any more of these henchmen. Think of how much worse the security situation would be in Iraq if we treated these guys under the same rules meant for soldiers who wear a uniform and fight for a nation that recognizes the Geneva Convention. There is a reason why we have such a convention. It protects civilians. It forces soldiers to wear uniforms so that we know who is and is not a civilian and don't have to fear that each person on the street has plans to kill our guys. Does Senator Durbin and all the rest of the people who think that the Genevea Convention should apply to people who aren't fighting under the rules of the Convention understand this basic fact? They would make warfare even more dangerous for civilians if we did away with that basic distinction.
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