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In reply to the discussion: Obama DID call torturers patriots. Deal with it. NT [View all]LondonReign2
(5,213 posts)42. When is Obama going to prosecute those responsible?
Really simple question all of you scramble to avoid.
When?
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Point out where he made the distinction between those who tortured and those who didn't. You can't
Luminous Animal
Dec 2014
#3
This was vocalized. Paragraphs and sentence breaks were added after the fact.
grahamhgreen
Dec 2014
#80
What is it important for us "not to feel too sanctimonious in retrospect" about?
deurbano
Dec 2014
#9
You are trying to rewrite a speech. Unfortunately you can not fix what he said.
robinlynne
Dec 2014
#98
I didn't notice that last sentence before: 'one of the first things I did was to
sabrina 1
Dec 2014
#114
So he's simply going out of his way to praise normal job-doers? And also feels the need to mix such
WinkyDink
Dec 2014
#96
Then what is the excuse not prosecuting someone who tortured innocent people?
grahamhgreen
Dec 2014
#110
LOL, You are determined to misread the quote. Ask yourself why, and deal with it. nt
Logical
Dec 2014
#81
So what!! All American "patriots" were terrorists by the definition we have now. Ask GB.
kelliekat44
Dec 2014
#14
Best parsing of the 3 paragraphs I've yet read. 'Denial' about captures the response
KingCharlemagne
Dec 2014
#17
In the real world, failure to prosecute has been a boon for terrorism worldwide.
grahamhgreen
Dec 2014
#79
It's not just a deterrence, it provides rehabilitation for the corrupt mind of the torturers,
grahamhgreen
Dec 2014
#127
Amazingly enough, it was with exactly your argument that people became nazis. If you do not
robinlynne
Dec 2014
#100
Think about what are suggesting. That a sitting president would glorify torturers....lmao!
BenzoDia
Dec 2014
#30
Do we both agree that Bush was in charge of a regime that anctioned torture?
grahamhgreen
Dec 2014
#112
This is one of the most astonishing denials of black-letter reality I've ever seen.
WilliamPitt
Dec 2014
#31
And oddly, cognitive dissonance is often used by interrogators to bring their target into the fold.
grahamhgreen
Dec 2014
#109
Please. The "entirety" suggests nothing you claim. Why would he feel the need to demand we "not be
WinkyDink
Dec 2014
#94
He was talking about torturers the entire time. That is the subject. the only subject. torture repor
robinlynne
Dec 2014
#102
that fact that you make up shit and then ask me to read someones mind is pretty idiotic
Sheepshank
Dec 2014
#45
why are you repeating your idiotic unansweable question...I don't read minds
Sheepshank
Dec 2014
#56
Well, he certainly didn't call them thugs, monsters, sociopathic criminals, or paid sadists.
Tierra_y_Libertad
Dec 2014
#73
Exactly-- acknowledging that 'we tortured some folks', and having no legal proceedings
Marr
Dec 2014
#117
Why would he even do that? Obama is smarter than about anyone on this stupid forum
BootinUp
Dec 2014
#84
People who say the group he labeled 'patriots' was vague are arguing against Obama.
Marr
Dec 2014
#115
And while we debate this Jamie Dimon and others are plotting the annihilation of all but the one
NoJusticeNoPeace
Dec 2014
#126