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bleever (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-15-07 11:06 PM Original message |
Beware of anyone suggesting that human rights interfere with national security. |
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daninthemoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-15-07 11:08 PM Response to Original message |
1. Damn straight. Without human rights, there is no more America. |
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hedgehog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-15-07 11:11 PM Response to Original message |
2. YES YES YES |
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bleever (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-15-07 11:15 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. And torture, like capital punishment, or "collateral damage", |
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Lord Helmet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-16-07 09:33 PM Response to Reply #2 |
19. "Obama chose human rights, Clinton chose security." |
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radiclib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-15-07 11:14 PM Response to Original message |
3. Bleever for President |
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IndianaGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-15-07 11:21 PM Response to Original message |
5. If we support Musharraf, we will be hated just as we were for our backing of the Shah of Iran |
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bleever (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-16-07 12:13 AM Response to Reply #5 |
6. If it's okay for Musharraf, is it okay for Bush? |
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IndianaGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-17-07 06:00 AM Response to Reply #6 |
24. There was plenty of security under Josef Stalin |
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bleever (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-16-07 12:26 PM Response to Original message |
7. This is in response to Wolf Blitzer asking which is more important, |
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JerseygirlCT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-16-07 12:53 PM Response to Original message |
8. Yes. I was horrified at the way that part of the debate developed |
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bleever (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-16-07 06:31 PM Response to Reply #8 |
9. Blitzer also framed a lot of questions using failure as a premise. |
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gratuitous (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-16-07 06:50 PM Response to Reply #9 |
10. Yes indeed; and rarely is the question asked . . . |
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Greylyn58 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-16-07 08:24 PM Response to Original message |
11. Great post bleever |
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bleever (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-16-07 08:28 PM Response to Reply #11 |
12. Thank you, Greylyn |
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Forkboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-16-07 08:32 PM Response to Original message |
13. It's a sad state of affairs when the answers given are considered right. |
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blm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-16-07 08:36 PM Response to Reply #13 |
14. It looks like we were turning that corner thirty years ago but it is just sinking in |
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calteacherguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-16-07 08:37 PM Response to Original message |
15. Human rights is National Security. K&R. |
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NanceGreggs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-16-07 08:46 PM Response to Original message |
16. Precisely! |
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babylonsister (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-16-07 08:58 PM Response to Original message |
17. Perfect, bleever! |
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bonito (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-16-07 09:31 PM Response to Original message |
18. Recommended! |
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unblock (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-16-07 09:40 PM Response to Original message |
20. of COURSE human rights interfere with national security! |
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williesgirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-16-07 11:24 PM Response to Original message |
21. HRC must go and now. |
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Hieronymus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-17-07 01:22 AM Response to Reply #21 |
23. That just might happen. |
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asdjrocky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-17-07 01:14 AM Response to Original message |
22. Thanks for this very relevant post. |
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annabanana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-17-07 04:47 PM Response to Original message |
25. Exactly Bleever. A country that does not champion human rights |
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sampsonblk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-17-07 05:25 PM Response to Original message |
26. Slavery. |
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Evergreen Emerald (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-17-07 05:26 PM Response to Original message |
27. really? How did we end WWII? |
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