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Enrique Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-29-09 08:07 PM
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neocons will freak out at Obama's using Churchill to oppose torture
they might even sue. They evoke Churchill so much they might think they own the rights.

Now Obama could drive them over the edge for good by citing Thucydides to justify his foreign policy. :crazy:
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sandnsea Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-29-09 08:08 PM
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1. Churchill supported national health care too
Thought that it was immoral to withhold new life saving medical treatment from any human being.
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me b zola Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-29-09 08:10 PM
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2. This won't bother neocons nor freepers one bit
...as they are equipped with fact & decency filters.
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Enrique Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-29-09 08:14 PM
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3. Jonah Goldberg has already felt the need to comment
http://corner.nationalreview.com/post/?q=NjJkYTZjN2IzNDY1YTg4MzkwYjdlNGVlMTc4YmU3NmU=

I'm only going by what Obama just said, but isn't there at least one factual problem with the "Churchill-didn't-waterboard-Nazis" story? The Germans were signatories to the Geneva Convention, al Qaeda isn't. That doesn't mean the moral of Obama's story is invalid, but the comparison isn't exactly apples-to-apples either.

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Traveling_Home Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-29-09 08:23 PM
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4. Ask the Irish about the Brits and torture! nt
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Catshrink Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-29-09 08:25 PM
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5. That's why Obama did it.
He loves to annoy them.
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