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former9thward Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-11-11 09:27 PM
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26. The U.S. is being sued. Rumsfeld is named because he was Sec Def.
No is suing Rumsfeld because they thought he personally did it.
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  -Obama defending Rumsfeld's torture. garybeck  Aug-11-11 07:49 PM   #0 
  - As disappointed & angry as I am that the admin has not prosecuted  hlthe2b   Aug-11-11 07:52 PM   #1 
  - No one should have immunity for war crimes, not even a President  sabrina 1   Aug-11-11 07:54 PM   #4 
  - Ding Ding Ding! there are limits to immunity. If a person commits murder, rape, torture, ....  garybeck   Aug-11-11 07:57 PM   #8 
  - As I said.. I don't disagree...  hlthe2b   Aug-11-11 08:06 PM   #16 
  - Yes, I see that now, whereas before Democrats took over I thought  sabrina 1   Aug-12-11 12:12 AM   #28 
  - When the top is above the law, there is no top-down corruption.  Octafish   Aug-12-11 08:39 AM   #33 
  - I can't. this is the most unamerican thing done. he's helping them  roguevalley   Aug-11-11 08:31 PM   #20 
  - Because it would set a precedent...no President wants that  AnOhioan   Aug-11-11 07:53 PM   #2 
  - oh so they want to make sure that if THEY torture, THEY won't get busted  garybeck   Aug-11-11 07:55 PM   #5 
     - Agreed  AnOhioan   Aug-11-11 07:58 PM   #9 
        - In other words they're saying "screw Justice, I want to live above the law."  garybeck   Aug-11-11 08:05 PM   #14 
  - Without having read the pleadings, my guess is  The Velveteen Ocelot   Aug-11-11 07:53 PM   #3 
  - see my post #5.  garybeck   Aug-11-11 07:56 PM   #6 
  - Rather than defending him, Congress should long ago have held  sabrina 1   Aug-11-11 07:57 PM   #7 
  - He defending the country  loyalsister   Aug-11-11 08:00 PM   #10 
  - countries don't get sent to the Hague for committing war crimes. People do.  garybeck   Aug-11-11 08:02 PM   #13 
  - Ask people from Germany  loyalsister   Aug-11-11 08:13 PM   #18 
     - if you think Obama is doing this to protect you and me,  garybeck   Aug-11-11 09:16 PM   #24 
        - +  Bluebear   Aug-12-11 07:37 AM   #31 
  - Uncle Don is being sued, not the U.S. n/t  EFerrari   Aug-11-11 08:05 PM   #15 
     - Maybe  loyalsister   Aug-11-11 08:21 PM   #19 
     - The violation of that trust is one of his many crimes and defending it just makes it worse.  TheKentuckian   Aug-11-11 09:20 PM   #25 
     - The U.S. is being sued. Rumsfeld is named because he was Sec Def.  former9thward   Aug-11-11 09:27 PM   #26 
  - Color me unsurprised. The "elite" of this nation must stick together.  Fearless   Aug-11-11 08:01 PM   #11 
  - See how the privileged and powerful defend their class?  Marr   Aug-11-11 08:02 PM   #12 
  - He is defending Rumsfeld torture is his defense against his torture  lovuian   Aug-11-11 08:07 PM   #17 
  - There ya go!  in_cog_ni_to   Aug-11-11 09:15 PM   #23 
  - Is America sliding over the precipice from which there is no  indepat   Aug-11-11 09:08 PM   #21 
  - Rumsfeld should have been locked up long ago  Rosa Luxemburg   Aug-11-11 09:14 PM   #22 
  - k*r Ola! Gary! I get it  autorank   Aug-11-11 09:47 PM   #27 
  - K&R n/t  The Northerner   Aug-12-11 02:50 AM   #29 
  - Obama Is Implementing Plans For War Throughout the Middle East Created 10 Years Ago by the Neocons  indurancevile   Aug-12-11 03:50 AM   #30 
  - my favorite, people on both sides using.... it is in the past. let it go. all crime is in the past  seabeyond   Aug-12-11 08:35 AM   #32 
  - The representatives of the war machine/plutocracy  hifiguy   Aug-12-11 09:04 AM   #34 
  - Legal stuff. The White House will almost always defend White House & cabinet decisions...  Honeycombe8   Aug-12-11 09:07 AM   #35 
 

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