So, what nations are on their "short list?"

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So, what nations are on their "short list?"

Tom Brosz — 12/6/2004 5:06:54 PM (archived)

Cripes, do you think I'm going to track them down or something?

Scandinavian nations have been ideal "bedroom nations" for many years. Garrison Keillor was in Denmark for a while.

BTW, a pair of Christian missionaries would be number one on the target list for the people we are fighting. Hiding away in Europe while other people stand between them and jihad, they'll probably be safe enough.

The treatment of prisoners has been a dark story for many, many years. The tiniest amount of research would reveal U.S. actions in, for example, WWII, that (though rare)make the abuses in Iraq look tame. And then, as now, these abuses were dwarfed by what our enemies did to our prisoners. American military personnel have not enjoyed the benefits of the Geneva convention from any enemy, anywhere, for half a century.

Only in the age of digital cameras has this become something that hits the front pages for use as a political weapon. I've noticed that damn few photos of what the insurgents did in Fallujah seem to be hitting those front pages.

But then, it only matters when you're shitting on your own side, isn't it? "Higher standards" and all that.

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Survey of college profs' political orientation - p - 12/3/2004 1:40:56 PM
- More concerned about the right-wing take-over of law enforcement and the armed forces. - alcaray - 12/6/2004 10:40:13 PM
- Let's purge the liberals!!!! - Mary Anne - 12/5/2004 3:25:33 PM
  - re: Let's purge the liberals!!!! - Larry J - 12/5/2004 4:51:10 PM
    - I merely give voice to the insinuation from the Right. - Mary Anne - 12/5/2004 6:05:19 PM
      - Foolish exaggeration is a poor technique - Larry J - 12/6/2004 1:57:50 AM
        
        The fact that academia is self-selected seems to escape you too. - Mary Anne - 12/6/2004 2:09:16 PM
        
        Would you be as complacent... - Larry J - 12/6/2004 4:31:15 PM
        
        Tell it to the Boy Scouts. (n/t) - Mary Anne - 12/6/2004 6:03:13 PM
        
        Couple points about the Boy Scouts - Larry J - 12/6/2004 8:20:19 PM
        
        re: I'll see your couple, and raise you a couple - Mary Anne - 12/7/2004 2:31:53 PM
        
        A clarification - Tom Brosz - 12/7/2004 5:08:26 PM
        
        By this definition... - Tom Brosz - 12/6/2004 5:33:56 PM
        
        "Foolish exaggeration is a poor technique" (n/t) - Tony - 12/6/2004 6:48:17 PM
        
        I was unaware that criticizing one's philosophy was equivalent to assault. - Mary Anne - 12/6/2004 6:02:31 PM
        
        Don't be thick. - Tom Brosz - 12/6/2004 6:21:49 PM
        
        *Can't* be? - Mary Anne - 12/6/2004 6:42:31 PM
      - re: insinuation from the Right. - Tom Brosz - 12/5/2004 8:03:29 PM
        
        Take your conservative academic experiences and apply them to adult life: Welcome to my world. - Mary Anne - 12/5/2004 9:28:20 PM
        
        Welcome to my world. - Tom Brosz - 12/5/2004 9:43:01 PM
        
        They're looking at an assortment of European nations. - Mary Anne - 12/6/2004 1:11:57 AM
        
        Fine. - Tom Brosz - 12/6/2004 3:57:22 AM
        
        There are lots of nations in Europe. - Mary Anne - 12/6/2004 2:31:42 PM
        
        So, what nations are on their "short list?" - Tom Brosz - 12/6/2004 5:06:54 PM
        
        We are only responsible for our own side. - Mary Anne - 12/6/2004 6:20:26 PM
        
        You know them. I don't. - Tom Brosz - 12/6/2004 6:29:10 PM
- Probably smarter and better informed than, say, you. And yours. Huh? (n/t) - Bowser - 12/4/2004 7:12:59 AM
  - probably wrong, but then you're used to that - p - 12/4/2004 4:08:08 PM
- And did you know that seawater is salty? Since when is this news? Since when is it "current events"? It is old hat. True, but very old. (n/t) - David F Mayer - 12/3/2004 2:57:54 PM
- Even more amazing........ - Publius - 12/3/2004 2:47:57 PM
  - ?? What subject are you talking about? This survey included many diverse discplines, not just political science. (n/t) - David F Mayer - 12/3/2004 2:59:20 PM
    - apparently liberal dominance is a tautologoical truth.... - Publius - 12/5/2004 3:40:17 PM

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