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Originally posted by MrSelfDestruct
If I was in office, and the military of which I was Commander in Chief captured a man who was responsible for war crimes and human rights atrocities, and that man was holding a weapon, a symbol of the violent acts that he committed, I would proudly hang that weapon on my wall as a reminder of why I was doing my job, to protect those people who would have died had I not taken action. To do otherwise would be an insult to those who captured an evil dictator and presented me with this tropy and reminder of why we are there.
The point at which I may differ from Bush is that after leaving office, I would present the pistol to either the Smithsonian or an Iraqi museum, where it would belong.
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Excellent post MrSelfDestruct. I agree completely with the first paragraph. While I would probably do the same as you in the second paragraph, I wouldn't hold it against him if he kept it to add to his Presidential library or for it to be passed on to a museum after his death.
As far as the rest of the posts now accusing him of breaking the law with regard to gun ownership, theft from the Iraqi people (I guess they should hold a referrendum whenever they want to destroy captured arms caches too, ehh?), transfer of ownership violations, etc. Come on. It's insinuations and assertions like these that give the impression that the posters just "hate Bush" and nothing he can do is "right" or "legal". I can only hope these were made in jest as they are ridiculously petty.