"The most important theme in all the cases is the power of the president to conduct a new kind of war as he sees fit."

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"The most important theme in all the cases is the power of the president to conduct a new kind of war as he sees fit."

Lindy — 4/20/2004 9:39:23 PM (archived)

You nailed that one. Bush thinks he's an Emperor, the leader of the free world, and he thinks his mission has been chosen by God. Of course, we all know he's being manipulated by Cheney, greed, and oil and an overblown sense of power.

Others see him as a strong leader and business man. That's what the press portrays and most people believe. Bush can't string two thoughts or two sentences together if he tried. Brain damage from that alcohol.

Besides, Bush once remarked that there were no good dictators, unless HE was the dictator. My post below about Bush quietly stealing 7 million dollars away from the war on Afganistan to pay for his plans to attack Iraq (Cheney pushed him into it) received not even ONE response!

Where are your scruples Americans??
Where is your outrage??
These monies are only appropriated by Congress FIRST.
So why were there no comments?
Is it too much for your closed minds to wrap this concept around your brains?? Or is it too heavy to address? The top group in this administration think they're invincible. That they are above the LAW.

Boy, when Clinton said he "didn't have sex with THAT woman", because sex to him ment copulation and not fellatio, you Republicans jumped all over him. For a blow job! Something private and personal between two consenting adults. It didn't hurt anyone to the effect that thousands were killed or traumatized, and it didn't cost billions of dollars and make all our allies mad at us OR start a Holy War with all the muslims in the world.

No, I'm going to call all of you on the right, to anty up. What Bush said "I have no war plans on my desk" is a bald-faced lie, and all of your here refuse to address the <problem>

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Sounds like a typical concentration camp...paid by your tax dollars. - Jack Herer - 4/20/2004 8:02:08 PM
- More on the SCotUS argument - Fox - 4/23/2004 10:42:51 PM
- Gitmo is an abomination.... - Publius - 4/21/2004 1:02:41 PM
- They should be declared to "Prisoners of War" and held for the duration. That is the proper thing to do by international law. (n/t) - David F Mayer - 4/21/2004 1:18:22 AM
  - Al Qeada terrorists are not lawful combatants - Gary - 4/21/2004 6:00:24 AM
    - Perhaps, but we don't like summary executions. - David F Mayer - 4/21/2004 10:00:54 PM
    - "undue mercy" means they weren't summarily executed? - alcaray - 4/21/2004 5:23:17 PM
  - What "war"? - Bowser - 4/21/2004 1:52:34 AM
    - The war against Al Qaeda. - David F Mayer - 4/21/2004 10:04:36 PM
      - Do you declare war? How do you know when it ends? - Bowser - 4/22/2004 12:06:48 AM
        
        This has ample precedent in history: the Barbary Pirates for one. - David F Mayer - 4/22/2004 12:58:12 PM
        
        Absolutely barbaric. Makes us no different than the badguys. (n/t) - Bowser - 4/22/2004 7:37:07 PM
        
        What would YOU suggest? Letting Al Qaeda prisoners go? As long as Al Qaeda exists and continues to attack the USA, that is simply not feasible. (n/t) - David F Mayer - 4/22/2004 9:21:18 PM
    - re: war - Tom Brosz - 4/21/2004 4:17:43 AM
      - Legalistically, Bowser's point bears directly on Mr. Mayer's post. - alcaray - 4/21/2004 5:28:57 PM
        
        Wrong: That is exactly why it DOES work. It lets us hold them forever within International Law. (n/t) - David F Mayer - 4/22/2004 1:00:39 PM
        
        I hear you. But I think that's a circumvention of the law. - alcaray - 4/22/2004 4:16:45 PM
        
        The Geneva Conventions apply to all armed conflict, whether declared or not. - David F Mayer - 4/22/2004 9:24:12 PM
        
        You tend to speak in absolutes - alcaray - 4/23/2004 3:46:37 PM
      - Fallacy - Bowser - 4/21/2004 1:47:22 PM
        
        re: Fallacy - Tom Brosz - 4/21/2004 4:42:58 PM
        
        I just don't believe what you believe. - Bowser - 4/21/2004 5:07:43 PM
        
        Obviously. - Tom Brosz - 4/21/2004 10:29:11 PM
- "The most important theme in all the cases is the power of the president to conduct a new kind of war as he sees fit." - Lindy - 4/20/2004 9:39:23 PM
  - re: "The most important theme in all the cases is the power of the president to conduct a new kind of war as he sees fit." - Publius - 4/21/2004 12:39:31 PM
  - Good analysis... - Derek - 4/21/2004 12:41:35 AM
- It is, but it's "ours". - Bowser - 4/20/2004 9:28:58 PM
  - re: It is, but it's "ours". - Derek - 4/21/2004 12:49:57 AM

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