If only the US media was willing to ask these questions. It's all just wave the flag and cheer and have another beer.
colin wrote: > This was one of the topics of Question Time on TV tonight(BBC) and has been raguing >in the news this wekk. The feeling is one os dismay that the USA is behaving in this >way. As has been pointed out, this will only exacerbate the probelmes, produce more >hatred towards > the USA and produce more martyrs and make American citizens even more unsafe. > America has long been looked up to as a country to hold up human rights, fair >treatment,good law(okay if you forget about CP) and the ' good protector'. It now >appeares to be throwing this all away and beahving just like any other thug. This is >a sad sad time for us > all, not to mention dangerous. > Some here in the UK have pointed out the evil committed by thses people(well >actually they all died in theose planes) so why should we care what happens to these >POW's. That is not the popint. the point is sticking to our Principles regardless. If >we don't, why bothetr > having principles? In the future, when other coutries take American prisoners, >America will kot be able to bargain and demand that the Geneve convention is >followed. It has thrown all that away. Taking these POW's to Cuba, a military court, >the refusl to call them > POW's has dragged America down into the gutter.alomng with all these 'bad countries'. > > Randy Remote wrote: > > > I couldn't agree more. If we do not take the high road, and use > > proper protocol, we are simply lowering ourselves to the standards > > of the other thugs. Ashcroft was quoted as saying he was not in the > > least bit interested in how the "POW's" were being treated. Sadly, > > there are plenty of Americans who feel the same, so our wild west > > administration continues to get high approval whilst shredding the > > constitution as quickly and efficiently as they possibly can. These > > people are not patriotic, they are traitors and should be removed > > from office and tried for treason. > > RR > > > > colin wrote: > > > > > It is most unfortunate that the USA has decided to act like the governments it >abhors in regard to the Taleban POW's. This will not help to change the attitudes of >those who despise America. It will only create more resentment and more pain for the >USA. Working a > > > 'do as we say, not as we do' policy will only bring more grief. > > -- > bw > colin > DAK,BRO GC, 950i, 940,860,864,890, 260,Silver 830,860, 580 and 270, Passap 6000, >Duo80. > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.tantra-apso.com
