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hedgehog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-22-09 03:19 PM Original message |
Poll question: Should the actual torturers be left off the hook because "they were following orders" |
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Initech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-22-09 03:20 PM Response to Original message |
1. Prosecute the whole fuckin' lot of 'em. |
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Raineyb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-22-09 03:21 PM Response to Original message |
2. I certainly hope that prosecuting the people who did the actual torturing as well as those who |
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BurtWorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-22-09 03:22 PM Response to Original message |
3. If prosecuting them all gets in the way of prosecuting the architects, then it's not worth it. |
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hedgehog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-22-09 03:24 PM Response to Reply #3 |
4. Oh - no way we go for the little guys without going after the people who signed the |
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walldude (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-22-09 03:25 PM Response to Original message |
5. they will be reluctant to "do what is needed" in the future. |
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Goblinmonger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-22-09 03:26 PM Response to Reply #5 |
8. It's going to chill it all around |
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walldude (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-22-09 03:57 PM Response to Reply #8 |
13. Bullshit! Lawyers are ethically bound to LEGALLY represent |
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Goblinmonger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-22-09 03:26 PM Response to Original message |
6. So we want a military that doesn't follow orders? |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-22-09 03:59 PM Response to Reply #6 |
14. CIA is not the military, is it? n/t |
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Occam Bandage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-22-09 04:16 PM Response to Reply #14 |
20. If we set the precedent that |
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LynneSin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-22-09 03:26 PM Response to Original message |
7. Option #3 - they are not the highest priority |
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gcomeau (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-22-09 03:33 PM Response to Original message |
9. Actually, the proposition is... |
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TWiley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-22-09 03:42 PM Response to Original message |
10. I would like to see the policy-makers get prosecuted |
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backtoblue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-22-09 03:45 PM Response to Original message |
11. Remember "A Few Good Men"? |
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tekisui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-22-09 03:46 PM Response to Original message |
12. From the rag holder to the President. Everyone in the chain of command |
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Diclotican (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-22-09 04:00 PM Response to Original message |
15. hedgehog |
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Extend a Hand (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-22-09 04:02 PM Response to Original message |
16. There needs to be a third option |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-22-09 04:05 PM Response to Reply #16 |
17. I sincerely doubt that there were any lov level GIs |
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jody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-22-09 04:13 PM Response to Original message |
18. "actual torturers" could have been court martialed and imprisoned if they failed to obey just as |
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Occam Bandage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-22-09 04:14 PM Response to Original message |
19. Why would you prosecute someone for fulfilling a sandwich-delivery order? |
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