We all know if you want to get anywhere with our current Administration, you must be part of a union or a "community organization."
On Aug 29, 4:12 am, Travis <[email protected]> wrote: > http://canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/14165 > > Organization of Former Guantanamo Detainees get in on the act to demand > prosecution of CIA operatives The Association of Retired Al-Qaeda > Operatives? > > *By* *David** M. Dastych* Thursday, August 27, 2009 > > *Editor’s Note:** Warsaw-based journalist David Dastych, a former CIA > operative once imprisoned by the KGB, warns that “while some innocent people > captured and eventually tortured by the CIA or the US Army could demand > compensation for being illegally detained, when we start to treat genuine > terrorists as “combatants” and grant them POW rights—they will be sure they > can attack us everywhere and at anytime—because that’s how stupid we > (Americans, and Westerners) really are!”* > > It’s truly an upside down world when “The Association of Retired Al-Qaeda > Operatives” and the “Organization of Former Guantanamo Detainees” get in on > the act to demand prosecution of CIA operatives. > This blogger says it best: > > I don’t believe in “torture” as a method for extracting information should > be used on everyone but if aggressively interrogating people that are able > to build armies of people willing to strap a bomb to their body and walk > into a *shopping center* and attempt to kill as many people as possible I am > all for it! If it saves the lives of 1 or 100 Americans, I am all for it. > Only a lawyer who became president would even bring this up. A leader leads > by pointing the way forward. A lawyer builds his case by pointing out > everything the “other guy” did wrong. > NO, they did their best in protecting this country, and we should thank them > for it. It may not have been the best thing for Humanity or of course for Al > Qaida operatives. > The Obama mandate to please all of our former enemies and terror loving > adherents by revealing, punishing and jailing the alleged CIA abusers will > only incite more violence against US soldiers and other noncombatant targets > *in the future*. And persecution and prosecution will only chill future > attempts to obtain valuable information by those whose job is to discern > current and future attacks, they will be hampered by the thought—-will I be > prosecuted for “Saving America” from future 9-11 attacks. > The current Report on Interrogations Describes “Threat to Kill Detainee’s > Children” , wow - such a startling revelation, how horrible of them. But > 2,933 persons ( from 90 countries ) died on 9-11-2001…......in order to > prevent such catastrophes. They ( CIA ) engaged in behaviors that did not > amount to the loss of life on 9-11-2001. There perseverence in > interrogating the terrorists was warranted…....I wonder if the apologists > will scream and shout prosecute the CIA officials ......when a terrorist > nuclear or chemical weapons device is detonated / released in the U.S. in > the future. Wake up…..despite Obama’s “let’s be nice to the terrorists and > hope they will go away,” choose peaceful means of dissent or become > naturalized US citizens pursuing profit over wanton murder…..it’s not going > to happen in Obama’s lifetime. And what’s with this following the Army’s 19 > points on humane and gentle *interrogation techniques*, it will certainly be > a BUST. Terrorists only respond to Terror.” > > (3) *Reader > Feedback*<http://www.canadafreepress.com/index.php/site/comments/the-associatio...>| > Subscribe<http://www.canadafreepress.com/eesystem/index.php/site/CFP-subscripti...> > > *David** M. Dastych* Most recent > columns<http://www.canadafreepress.com/index.php/members/14165/David%20M.%20D...> > > *David** Dastych is a former Polish intelligence operative, who served in > the 1960s-1980s and was a double agent for the CIA from 1973 until his > arrest in 1987 by then-communist Poland on charges of espionage. Dastych was > released from prison in 1990 after the fall of communism and in the years > since has voluntarily helped Western intelligence services with tracking the > nuclear proliferation black market in Eastern Europe and the Middle East. > After a serious injury in 1994 confined him to a wheelchair, Dastych began a > second career as an > investigative journalist covering terrorism, intelligence and organized > crime.* --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more. -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
