Re: I am anti war. You stupid evil scum are pro Saddam.

2003-12-22 Thread James A. Donald
-- James A. Donald: I am anti war. You lot are pro Saddam. Michael Kalus Why. Because we OPPOSED the war on Saddam? Because you have been justifying his actions, denying his crimes, and calling for his release. James A.Donald: But instead the opponents wound up chanting 'ho, ho, ho

Re: Sunny Guantanamo (Re: Speaking of the Geneva convention)

2003-12-22 Thread James A. Donald
-- On 19 Dec 2003 at 21:37, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: That's bullshit. Saddam was told by our Chick ambassador (I can't remember her name) that the US had no interest in his dispute with Kuwait, in effect giving Saddam a green light. Commie lie

Re: I am anti war. You lot support Saddam

2003-12-22 Thread James A. Donald
-- James A. Donald: And now the guys on this list are weeping big salt tears about poor victimized Saddam. Jamie Lawrence: I don't care if he got a shave. I do care that the US fails to adhere to international law. The US army would be wholly in compliance with international law

I am anti war. You stupid evil scum are pro Saddam.

2003-12-22 Thread James A. Donald
-- On 19 Dec 2003 at 22:23, Anonymous wrote: Re saddam et all... http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/EL19Ak01.html The war of words over Saddam Bush is quite amusing. The blind faith in ones govt structure and the willingness to support force that is in such extreme measure

Re: I am anti war. You stupid evil scum are pro Saddam.

2003-12-22 Thread Michael Kalus
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 21-Dec-03, at 10:58 PM, James A. Donald wrote: -- James A. Donald: I am anti war. You lot are pro Saddam. Michael Kalus Why. Because we OPPOSED the war on Saddam? Because you have been justifying his actions, denying his crimes, and

Re: I am anti war. You stupid evil scum are pro Saddam.

2003-12-22 Thread Michael Kalus
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 20-Dec-03, at 8:41 PM, James A. Donald wrote: I am anti war. You lot are pro Saddam. Why. Because we OPPOSED the war on Saddam? That's an interresting logic you have here: I am against the war, unless of course, it is initiated by lies,

Re: the Kuwait issue is not associated with America

2003-12-22 Thread James A. Donald
-- On 20 Dec 2003 at 13:04, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: There's a video interview I saw about all of this on 60 minutes (I think) where it was made clear that Glaspie did in fact say to Saddam that We have no opinion on your Arab - Arab conflicts, such as your dispute with Kuwait. And, as

Re: Sunny Guantanamo (Re: Speaking of the Geneva convention)

2003-12-22 Thread David Crookes
On Friday 19 December 2003 20:35, James A. Donald wrote: In fact Glaspie told Saddam that if he invaded Kuwait, the shit would hit the fan. (That was not her words. Her words were subject of concern, Cite? The google groups article you linked to has two links to possible transcripts.

Give us at least 3 Nyms

2003-12-22 Thread Major Variola (ret.)
. We had to get very disciplined and accept nothing less than three names. A major obstacle was simply gathering the names correctly, considering that many Arabs have four proper names, including family and tribal surnames

Re: I am anti war. You stupid evil scum are pro Saddam.

2003-12-22 Thread Bill Stewart
At 08:14 AM 12/21/2003 -0500, Michael Kalus wrote: He won't be put in front of the ICC as the US never signed on to it. So this one is out. That leaves either an American Tribunal or an Iraqi one. In either case they should adhere to US procedures as they are based on them. But this isn't an

Re: I am anti war. Yawn.

2003-12-22 Thread Major Variola (ret)
At 05:41 PM 12/20/03 -0800, James A. Donald wrote: Anyone who wants to argue that the guys in the two towers had it coming, Collateral damage. The workers at say a WWII refinery did not directly do evil to anyone. Still, they were killed, because of where they were. Bummer, eh? Sleep with

UN using Satellite Photos to track Israeli Apartheid Wall

2003-12-22 Thread Bill Stewart
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/3334235.stm It's fun what you can do with satellite images. The UN's using them to track the progress of the apartheid wall that Israel's building to keep Palestinian suicide bombers out. They haven't been all that careful about whose land they're excluding.

Re: I am anti war. You stupid evil scum are pro Saddam.

2003-12-22 Thread James A. Donald
-- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Kassem [...] took power in a popularly-backed coup in 1958, [..] starting the process of nationalizing foreign oil companies in Iraq, withdrawing Iraq from the US-initiated right-wing Baghdad Pact (which included another military-run, US-puppet state,

Re: I am anti war. You stupid evil scum are pro Saddam.

2003-12-22 Thread Tim May
On Dec 20, 2003, at 5:41 PM, James A. Donald wrote: I am anti war. You lot are pro Saddam. Back in the sixties, there were lots of good reasons to oppose the Vietnam war, notably that it was fought by conscription, and that McNamara's search for measures of war fighting efficiency and to create

Re: I am anti war. You lot support Saddam

2003-12-22 Thread Tim May
On Dec 21, 2003, at 7:58 PM, James A. Donald wrote: James A. Donald Anyone who wants to argue that the guys in the two towers had it coming, and poor Saddam is a victim, puts himself in the corner with the people who are stupid, evil, and losers. Jamie Lawrence: Anyone who babbles such inane false

I am anti war. You stupid evil scum are pro Saddam.

2003-12-22 Thread James A. Donald
-- James A. Donald I am anti war. You lot are pro Saddam. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: That is quite a presumption there. If you're not with US, you're with the terrorists, If you call for the release of Saddam, or you justify 9/11, as the anti-war posters in this thread have been

Re: I am anti war. You stupid evil scum are pro Saddam.

2003-12-22 Thread baudmax23
At 01:59 AM 12/22/2003 -0800, James A. Donald [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Kassem [...] took power in a popularly-backed coup in 1958, [..] starting the process of nationalizing foreign oil companies in Iraq, withdrawing Iraq from the US-initiated right-wing

Re: I am anti war. You stupid evil scum are pro Saddam.

2003-12-22 Thread Bill Stewart
At 07:31 PM 12/21/2003 -0800, James A. Donald wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: That is quite a presumption there. If you're not with US, you're with the terrorists, If you call for the release of Saddam, or you justify 9/11, as the anti-war posters in this thread have been arguing, then indeed

Re: I am anti war. You stupid evil scum are pro Saddam.

2003-12-22 Thread baudmax23
At 05:41 PM 12/20/2003 -0800, James A. Donald [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: -- On 19 Dec 2003 at 22:23, Anonymous wrote: Re saddam et all... http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/EL19Ak01.html The war of words over Saddam Bush is quite amusing. The blind faith in ones govt structure and

Re: I am anti war. You stupid evil scum are pro Saddam.

2003-12-22 Thread David Crookes
On Monday 22 December 2003 13:49, Michael Kalus wrote: Well, in america instead of being the slave to the man (just yet) you're the slave to your credit card bills By choice. your employers By choice, through a range that is barely enough to eat and drink to unimaginable heights in

Re: I am anti war. You stupid evil scum are pro Saddam.

2003-12-22 Thread James A. Donald
-- James A. Donald: If you call for the release of Saddam, or you justify 9/11, as the anti-war posters in this thread have been arguing, then indeed you are with the terrorists. Bill Stewart Saddam's not particularly related to the terrorists, Those who want Saddam released, for

Re: I am anti war. You stupid evil scum are pro Saddam.

2003-12-22 Thread James A. Donald
-- On 21 Dec 2003 at 13:13, Bill Stewart wrote: But this isn't an American war or occupation. It's a war by the Allies, including the US, Great Britain, and the Coalition Of the Willing, and the UK and most of the COWs are responsible for bringing this to the ICC. For this to be true,

Re: I am anti war. You stupid evil scum are pro Saddam.

2003-12-22 Thread James A. Donald
-- On 22 Dec 2003 at 1:10, Tim May wrote: I, and many others, were against the war in Vietnam without being supporters of Ho Chi Minh or the Soviets or anyone of that ilk True, but amongst the vast mass chanting Ho, Ho, Ho Chi Minh, one could no more discern principled opponents of

Re: I am anti war. You stupid evil scum are pro Saddam.

2003-12-22 Thread James A. Donald
-- James A. Donald: So in your version of reality, the Iraqi people were happily enjoying socialism, loving the socialism this benevolent dictator Kassem provided to them and then this evil capitalistic CIA agent, Saddam, took it all away from them. If that is what happened, what

Re: I am anti war. You lot support Saddam

2003-12-22 Thread James A. Donald
-- James A. Donald Anyone who wants to argue that the guys in the two towers had it coming, and poor Saddam is a victim, puts himself in the corner with the people who are stupid, evil, and losers. Jamie Lawrence: Anyone who babbles such inane false relations is a dope.

Re: I am anti war. You stupid evil scum are pro Saddam.

2003-12-22 Thread Eugen Leitl
Would you kindly STFU now. Talk about crypto, your politics is flat-EEG. On Mon, Dec 22, 2003 at 09:20:35AM -0800, James A. Donald wrote: -- James A. Donald: [demime 0.97c removed an attachment of type application/pgp-signature]

Re: I am anti war. You stupid evil scum are pro Saddam.

2003-12-22 Thread R. A. Hettinga
At 11:43 AM -0800 12/22/03, Steve Schear wrote: Cite your sources. The one's I find creditable Debka? Really? :-) Cheers, RAH -- - R. A. Hettinga mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] The Internet Bearer Underwriting Corporation http://www.ibuc.com/ 44 Farquhar Street, Boston, MA 02131

Re: I am anti war. You stupid evil scum are pro Saddam.

2003-12-22 Thread James A. Donald
-- On 22 Dec 2003 at 11:43, Steve Schear wrote: Cite your sources. The one's I find creditable indicate that at the time of his capture he appeared to have been held captive for at least 2-3 weeks. Oh come on. A whole platoon of random troops would have to be part of a big conspiracy.

Re: I am anti war. You stupid evil scum are pro Saddam.

2003-12-22 Thread Steve Schear
At 09:20 AM 12/22/2003, James A. Donald wrote: This is war. Rule of law does not apply. Rules of war do apply. And rules of war say that the US army can not only give Saddam a dental examination, it can nail Saddam's head to a post in Baghdad with a nine inch nail, because he was captured out

Re: I am anti war. You stupid evil scum are pro Saddam.

2003-12-22 Thread proclus
On 21 Dec, Michael Kalus wrote: I don't know who you are referring too, but that comment is amusing, because it is exactly the kind of lambaste broadside that one hears on Faux news channel all the time. Anyway, I say that Saddam has human rights, just like everyone else, which

Re: I am anti war. You stupid evil scum are pro Saddam.

2003-12-22 Thread Justin
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (2003-12-21 03:50Z) wrote: I don't know who you are referring too, but that comment is amusing, because it is exactly the kind of lambaste broadside that one hears on Faux news channel all the time. Anyway, I say that Saddam has human rights, just like everyone else, which

Re: U.S. in violation of Geneva convention?

2003-12-22 Thread R. A. Hettinga
At 2:06 PM -0500 12/19/03, Michael Kalus wrote: I don't think Castro is a bad guy either. Ah. I feel much better now. Thank you for sparing me the rest of your drivel from now on... Plonk! Cheers, RAH -- - R. A. Hettinga mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] The Internet Bearer

Re: I am anti war. You stupid evil scum are pro Saddam.

2003-12-22 Thread Michael Kalus
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 I don't know who you are referring too, but that comment is amusing, because it is exactly the kind of lambaste broadside that one hears on Faux news channel all the time. Anyway, I say that Saddam has human rights, just like everyone else, which

Re: I am anti war. You stupid evil scum are pro Saddam.

2003-12-22 Thread Justin
Michael Kalus (2003-12-22 00:28Z) wrote: As Bill Stuart pointed out, this is not an American war. This is a war (or so the U.S. claims) based on alleged violation of an agreement between Iraq and the UN. It seems to me that American Courts or American Tribunals have no authority to

Re: I am anti war. You stupid evil scum are pro Saddam.

2003-12-22 Thread Justin
Michael Kalus (2003-12-21 13:14Z) wrote: How can we offer him procedural guarantees enjoyed by U.S. residents when we won't be the ones conducting procedure at his trial? He's going to be tried in the ICC or by Iraqis in Iraqi courts. We have no good evidence that he's committed crimes