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Originally Posted by willravel
Obama's baggage is that his name is on the USA PATRIOT and Terrorism Prevention Reauthorization (3/2/06). Who the fuck cares about some random preacher? Jesus Christ, it's the blowjob and a cigar all over again...
... are we all really this stupid?
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Should Oprah lose her TV show because she goes to a church the <a href="http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=%22Mighty+Wurlitzer%22&btnG=Google+Search&aq=-1&oq=%22">"Mighty Wurlitzer"</a> has under attack? She does fall under FCC regulatory oversight....
Why is Obama's opponent so adored by the media?
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http://news.google.com/archivesearch...earch+Archives
On that gray morning more than 32 years ago, McCain was knocked unconscious briefly when he ejected from his damaged bomber. Both his arms were broken, his right knee was shattered, and when he splashed into the middle of Truc Bach (White Silk) Lake, his 50 pounds of flight gear kept him from reaching the surface.
When [Mai Van] On finally got to him, about 200 yards out, all the older man could see was a bit of white silk, the top of the American's parachute.
With U.S. planes still bombing and strafing their target of the day - a nearby light-bulb factory where On worked as a security guard - On used a stout bamboo pole to hoist McCain off the bottom of the lake.....
http://lefti.blogspot.com/2005_05_01...46161273835959
Bombing a lightbulb factory, a civilian target, is a war crime. McCain, obviously, didn't select the target, he was just following orders, but that doesn't exonerate him any more than any other soldier who follows an illegal order. According to Amnesty International this particular violation of the Geneva Conventions (bombing civilian targets) is actually official U.S. military doctrine:
"Military advantage may involve a variety of considerations, including the security of the attacking force. ... Economic targets of the enemy that indirectly but effectively support and sustain the enemy’s war-fighting capability may also be attacked.”
"War is a clash of opposing wills.... While physical factors are crucial in war, the national will and the leadership’s will are also critical components of war. The will to prosecute or the will to resist can be decisive elements....Strategic attack objectives often include producing effects to demoralize the enemy’s leadership, military forces, and population, thus affecting the adversary’s capability to continue the conflict.”
Both of these statements, taken from different U.S. military manuals and documents, represent direct violations of the Geneva Convention (and, it should be noted, well before the advent of George W. Bush).
But McCain didn't just carry out such illegal orders himself, he willingly voiced support for them, specifically during the 1999 war against Yugoslavia when, as I wrote here, "water systems, power and heating plants, hospitals, universities, schools, apartment complexes, senior citizens' homes, bridges, factories, trains, buses, radio and TV stations, the telephone system, oil refineries, embassies, marketplaces and more were deliberately destroyed by U.S./NATO planes in a ruthless 10-week bombing campaign."
John McCain - war criminal then, war criminal now, war criminal forever.
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With his background, why does the media revere McCain instead of tarring him as ?????
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http://abcnews.go.com/print?id=3056994
McCain Jokes About Bombing Iran
McCain Parodies Beach Boys Song 'Barbara Ann', Jokes About Bombing Iran
By LIZ SIDOTI
The Associated Press
WASHINGTON
Republican presidential contender John McCain, known for having a quirky sense of humor, joked about bombing Iran at a campaign appearance this week.
In response to an audience question about military action against Iran, the Arizona senator briefly sang the chorus of the surf-rocker classic "Barbara Ann."
"That old, eh, that old Beach Boys song, Bomb Iran," he said in jest Wednesday, chuckling with the crowd. Then, he softly sang to the melody: "Bomb, bomb, bomb, bomb, anyway, ah ..." The audience responded with more laughter.....
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Last edited by host; 03-23-2008 at 08:21 PM..
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