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Gitmo In, Gitmo Out?
Special to FreeRepublic ^ | 17 June 2005 | John Armor (Congressman Billybob)

Posted on 06/13/2005 7:24:30 AM PDT by Congressman Billybob

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To: angrylibertarian

Actually it has nothing to do with religion, muslim or otherwise. These are multiple groups of ignorant fanatics (not necessarily uneducated) who are being manipulated by some power crazy mulahs into believing that their lot in life has been caused by the 'unbelieving heathens'. Like some of our youthful (and not so youthful) college folks, they are easily manipulated into believing that America is the problem. If we don't get a hold of our education system - we 'gonna lose this country'!


41 posted on 06/13/2005 9:21:58 AM PDT by Eighth Square
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To: jwalsh07

I have a better suggestion. Each detainee should be put under house arrest under the daily care of an ACLU lawyer.
Hide the cutlery!


42 posted on 06/13/2005 9:21:58 AM PDT by WoodstockCat (W2 !!! Four more Years!!)
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To: angrylibertarian
The very words you quote show that the terrorists are NOT protected by the Geneva Conventions. They are "illegal combatants."

You should be familiar with In Re Quirin, the unanimous Supreme Court decision in 1942 which approved the trial, and execution if so ruled, of "illegal combatants" including two who claimed to be American citizens. And the "trials" you refer to for Hale and Andre were, exactly as I said in my column, "drumhead trials."

These are "military tribunals" on the battlefield. They have nothing to do with ordinary US civil or criminal courts.

You are reading the right sources. You are just not comprehending what you are reading.

John / Billybob

43 posted on 06/13/2005 9:22:58 AM PDT by Congressman Billybob (For copies of my speech, "Dealing with Outlaw Judges," please Freepmail me.)
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To: angrylibertarian
So either they have protections as POWs, or they have protections as detained civilians.

No, there is yet another class mentioned in the Conventions, that of saboteur or illegal combatant. Under the Conventions, this group has less protections than the other two and the Conventions make it quite clear that they can be held incommunicado for the duration so long as the holding country deems them a threat.

44 posted on 06/13/2005 9:32:10 AM PDT by jwalsh07
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To: bozot

The Muslims!!!!!!!! They are the worst.


45 posted on 06/13/2005 9:36:44 AM PDT by Coldwater Creek ('We voted like we prayed")
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To: angrylibertarian

Well my friend, if the Muslim's are not controlled then you won't have to wonder just what they would do to us!!!!!!!!!!


46 posted on 06/13/2005 9:38:58 AM PDT by Coldwater Creek ('We voted like we prayed")
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To: Eighth Square
I have to respectfully disagree with you about not having anything to do with religion. These terrorist are all about religion. They will not stop until they have converted the World.
47 posted on 06/13/2005 9:44:00 AM PDT by Coldwater Creek ('We voted like we prayed")
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To: Congressman Billybob

Great article. I am passing it along with the length to your post.

Thanks for posting it.


48 posted on 06/13/2005 9:50:25 AM PDT by unlearner
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To: Guenevere

once Bush showed weakness by saying "all options are being looked at", the weak hands started to fold. Cheney seems to have taken a tough stance, but its up to Bush to refute these lies from the left about Gitmo.


49 posted on 06/13/2005 9:52:57 AM PDT by oceanview
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To: unlearner

length = link

(How did I miss that?)


50 posted on 06/13/2005 9:59:05 AM PDT by unlearner
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To: Congressman Billybob
Fantastic eassy! Shoud be published as an truthful alternative to the biased junk that appears in the MSM.

As I write this, I'm listening to Rush (who is roughly my age), who just called (accurately) our generation the "worst generation." Sadly, Rush is right. The Gitmo "template" is yet another example of the preferences od the "worst generation." Listening to their "pattle" (thanks, Congressman Billybob) makes me sick. There they go again...
51 posted on 06/13/2005 10:22:29 AM PDT by CDB
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To: CDB

VP Cheney was just shown LIVE on FNC addressing the NPC and imo, made it clear as only our guy Cheney can, that Gitmo is not going anywhere.


52 posted on 06/13/2005 10:35:01 AM PDT by daybreakcoming
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53 posted on 06/13/2005 10:51:28 AM PDT by al baby (Father of the Beeber)
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To: mariabush

Well you have a point, but ignorance and poverty (heavy on the ignorance) are the reasons these killers are persuaded to hate to the point where they will kill themselves for the cause. Our problem is that too many of our own people just don't understand that warfare is inherent in mankind and they had just better get used to it. There is no dialog here, nothing to talk about, they are fanatics and the world is going to have to hunt 'em down and kill 'em before they kill the world by initiating some kind of WMD exchange. Sorry for the rampage and to get back to your point, there are plenty of good Muslims as well as a bunch of hypocrits, Just like Christians - don't forget that these extream believers are living in the middle ages and like our 'lefty' freaks they really believe it.


54 posted on 06/13/2005 1:21:38 PM PDT by Eighth Square
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To: Eighth Square

The Muslim terrorist that hit on 9/11 were not poverty stricken and highly educated. Muslim's agenda is to convert the whole world to Islam, and if you don't you will be killed. I will admit that my family has an ax to grind with these extremist, but if we do not get the situation under control WW 3 is going to happen.


55 posted on 06/13/2005 2:43:48 PM PDT by Coldwater Creek ('We voted like we prayed")
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To: Congressman Billybob

> Is that so d*mned difficult?

For them, Sir, I'd say it's impossible; their heads would explode.



Now, if we close Gitmo, we're gonna hafta put the inmates somehwere else. But where? Is Amnesty Int'l suggesting The Hokey Pokey?

Ya put your Gitmo in,
Ya put your Gitmo out,
Ya put your Gitmo in and ya shake it all about,
Ya do the Hokey Pokey and ya turn yourself around,
That's what it's all a-bout

All of life's a flippin' fairy tale for these numbskulls.


56 posted on 06/13/2005 4:51:47 PM PDT by HKMk23 (The requirements of stewardship are NOT a mandate for stupidity.)
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To: daybreakcoming
Thanks. VP Cheney is so effective. Watchinjg him right now in C-SPAN--a re-run of his talk at the National Press Club re the "Gerald R. Ford Journalism Awards."
58 posted on 06/13/2005 8:35:21 PM PDT by CDB
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To: CDB

Must be the same thing you refer to.


59 posted on 06/13/2005 8:36:47 PM PDT by CDB
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To: Congressman Billybob

Nice wordsmithing John.


60 posted on 06/14/2005 2:48:22 AM PDT by Bob J (RIGHTALK.com...a conservative alternative to NPR!)
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