"There are countless horrible things happening all over the world and horrible people prospering, but we must never allow them to disturb our equanimity or deflect us from our sacred duty to sabotage and annoy them whenever possible." -Auberon Waugh
David "Mr Pointy" Sirota will be soooo disappointed. No matter, Daily Kos, and their cable media outlet MSNBC, will still try to tie them to the Tea Party.
While not all Muslims are terrorists, these days most terrorists are Muslims.
The difference between a "radical" Muslim and a "moderate" Muslim: The radical Muslim wants to kill you. The moderate Muslim wants the radical Muslim to kill you.
I've just watched the TV here, it tells me the "suspects" in the marathon bombing (no mention of the "T" word) are long term residents of the USA, so "it looks like this is a home-grown problem" ... (insert a few minutes of shallow breakfast TV presenter verbal diarrhoea)... ".. America needs to have a good look at itself and the reasons for this surge in right-wing domestic terrorism"
I wonder how long before some historically ignorant (on breakfast TV natch!) presenter suggests that being Boston (and right wing) these boys are quite possibly Tea Party activists?
By the way: I want to see this 2nd one taken not only alive, but in perfect health, so that he's well able to withstand the waterboarding at Gitmo (this should be within 6 hours of him being captured).
Won't be waterboarded. He was captured, wounded from the prior gunfights. Since he committed a crime within the USA it must be treated by the criminal justice system. The Gitmo terrorists could be waterboarded because they were taken under the laws of war and, under those laws, they were unlawful combattants. In other words, we owed them nothing, no observance of rights they were not entitled to, not even letting them live, for such combattants can be executed for fighting that way.
Fighting terrorists abroad and fighting terrorists at home have two distinct rule sets at present. Only if it got so bad that the situation in this country had turned (in effect) into an insurrection would it be proper to supercede the municipal law of the USA by the international law of armed conflict within the US, as it would if there was an invasion by enemy armed forces.
Muslim terrorists? That doesn't jive with the media narrative, dude. Best be careful, lest Chris Matthews takes his tingle to you.
ReplyDeleteDavid "Mr Pointy" Sirota will be soooo disappointed. No matter, Daily Kos, and their cable media outlet MSNBC, will still try to tie them to the Tea Party.
ReplyDeleteThe Narrative must survive!
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ReplyDeleteRussians? But I thought Hillary pushed the Reset Button and made everything allllll better.
Muslim terrorists? But the media tells us there's no such thing.
Just think what straits we'd be in if Barry, Hillary and the media weren't the smartest people on the planet.
Yeah, shocking, ain't it?
ReplyDeleteWhile not all Muslims are terrorists, these days most terrorists are Muslims.
The difference between a "radical" Muslim and a "moderate" Muslim:
The radical Muslim wants to kill you. The moderate Muslim wants the radical Muslim to kill you.
I don't understand the question!
ReplyDeleteI've just watched the TV here, it tells me the "suspects" in the marathon bombing (no mention of the "T" word) are long term residents of the USA, so "it looks like this is a home-grown problem" ... (insert a few minutes of shallow breakfast TV presenter verbal diarrhoea)... ".. America needs to have a good look at itself and the reasons for this surge in right-wing domestic terrorism"
So there you have it!
(No mention whatsoever of the "M" word.)
I wonder how long before some historically ignorant (on breakfast TV natch!) presenter suggests that being Boston (and right wing) these boys are quite possibly Tea Party activists?
ReplyDeleteBy the way:
ReplyDeleteI want to see this 2nd one taken not only alive, but in perfect health, so that he's well able to withstand the waterboarding at Gitmo (this should be within 6 hours of him being captured).
Won't be waterboarded. He was captured, wounded from the prior gunfights. Since he committed a crime within the USA it must be treated by the criminal justice system. The Gitmo terrorists could be waterboarded because they were taken under the laws of war and, under those laws, they were unlawful combattants. In other words, we owed them nothing, no observance of rights they were not entitled to, not even letting them live, for such combattants can be executed for fighting that way.
ReplyDeleteFighting terrorists abroad and fighting terrorists at home have two distinct rule sets at present. Only if it got so bad that the situation in this country had turned (in effect) into an insurrection would it be proper to supercede the municipal law of the USA by the international law of armed conflict within the US, as it would if there was an invasion by enemy armed forces.