Thanks for that enlightening post Madison. Yes, good idea to charge them with treason. If the protesters were charged and found guilty soon enough they could be shackled around strategic posts like the White House to serve as a deterence of those locations being attacked by terrorists. If there is a surplus of such criminals they could be made useful by making them walk in front of our tanks in Iraq. If in their wisdom the authorities don't choose to have the protesters against the freeing of Iraq charged I would imagine a charge of say $ 50 for each of the marchers so as to cover the cost of the police protection and compensation for blocking the traffic would soon sort out the serious ones from the frivolous ones. Thus those marching protestors against the freeing of Iraq couln't say that they have been denied their 'right' but only that they have been charged a march participation fee on a 'user pays' principle for the costs involved. Then, after having thinned out the ranks, the diehard remainder could perhaps be charged ? freealways
Candle In the Wind, Thanks, but unlike you there are some synapses firing in my cranium. Your EKG read-out on this issue has been flat-lined since day one....Anway, reading the extremist cut-and-pastes of Wild or his clones or aliases is hardly an exercise in mental stimulation. In fact, as you are proof of, doing so only hastens the aging process and subsequent loss of memory, common sense, and a Tourette's Syndrome-like symptom of having to utter "yeeha" at every opportunity. It also causes its victims to ignore questions and evade issues. I'll leave you, Josh, msfe, and co. to continue drinking from the same trough you've been gorging yourself on, but just an observation: that yellow liquid in your mouth ain't champagne, podner....
Candle In the Wind, Wow but that first quote sounds just like you! And my gosh, you must feel terrific that someone out there believes in you and supports you as Saddam does. Before you know it, he'll be inviting you over for tea and a tour of the torture chambers. Bet you'd consider it an honor, huh? You still haven't notified this board when you depart for your Human Shield temporary duty assignment in Baghdad...and I do mean temporary.
>>Tourette's Syndrome eh<< Not many people would be familiar with that term. Are you a medico too ? freealways
Interesting article re a deserter from the Iraqi army: http://www.guardian.co.uk/international/story/0,3604,891575,00.html Don't know if it is true or not....but I wouldn't want to be on their side of the trenches when the bullets/missiles fly. I know this is almost impossible...but I do hope that we can somehow avoid war and remove Saddam from power and establish a free and democratic society in Iraq. War is hell.
Saudis Plan to End U.S. Presence http://www.nytimes.com/2003/02/09/international/middleeast/09SAUD.html
It is hell, and I do feel sorry for the poor average Iraqi soldier who's there because if he doesn't fight he and his family will be killed. I do not feel any pity for the "elite" Republican Guard troops, most of whom escaped harm in Desert Storm by virtue of being held in the rear to defend Baghdad and Saddam while the conscripts were massacred in the front lines. Let's hope the Iraqi people remove Saddam on their own; if they don't, the best scenario is such overwhelming force will be used that surrender will take place in days rather than months.
is there another `axis of evil´in the making ? "Anyone who follows events around Iraq can see that, in essence, the positions of Russia, France and Germany practically coincide," Mr. Putin said after talks with Mr. Schröder. "Our foreign ministers and U.N. representatives are coordinating their actions. China also has such a position." http://www.nytimes.com/2003/02/10/international/europe/10FRAN.html US fury at European peace plan Transatlantic tensions burst into public slanging match as French and Germans call for more time. The Bush administration reacted with rage last night to a Franco-German initiative to extend arms inspections in Iraq, portraying the plan as a thinly disguised attempt to derail the US timetable for war. http://www.guardian.co.uk/Iraq/Story/0,2763,892464,00.html Paris, Berlin, Moscou et Pékin contre la guerre http://www.figaro.fr/international/20030210.FIG0088.html France Blocks NATO Plan to Protect Turkey http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,1280,-2390962,00.html