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[The Silent Majority] The Silent Majority: Nancy Pelosi - "Jesus was a pro-abortion ...: After Pope Benedict XVI met privately with Speaker Pelosi in February 2009, the Vatican issued a statement saying: "His Holiness took the opportunity to speak of the requirements of the natural moral law and the Church's consistent teaching on the dignity of human life from conception to natural death which enjoin all Catholics, and especially legislators, jurists and those responsible for the common good of society, to work in co-operation with all men and women of good will in creating a just system of laws capable of protecting human life at all stages of its development."

[Iraq Inquiry Digest] I knew nothing, at all » Iraq Inquiry Digest: I have been referred to my letter to Major General Ridgway dated 24 October 2003 directing him to review UK military doctrine and practice for prisoner handling, tactical questioning and interrogation (MOD022203) and his response (MOD030342). I am not aware of the steps that Major General Ridgway subsequently took.

[Death Ship America] Here we go again - U.S. prepares to fight another war for Israel ...: by Keith Johnson The left’s anti-war movement was in full swing during the Bush administration””but as soon as Obama took office””it practically vanished from sight.  All of a sudden, the war in Afghanistan became chic.  Code Pink and other leftist groups justified US occupation as a crusade to liberate the repressed Afghan [...]

[Alan Colmes' Liberaland] George W. Bush Says He'd Torture Again « Alan Colmes' Liberaland: We, the signatories and subject-matter experts, ask that you ensure unhampered operation of the intelligence gathering mission by refusing to authorize or accept any interrogation practices that differ from the techniques and standards established in FM 34-52 (1992). We urge you to listen to the subject- matter experts - the actual Interrogators to whom you entrust intelligence gathering - and refute any efforts to condone or authorize techniques we find to be counter-productive to the intelligence collection mission.

[Corrente] Operation Avocado a/k/a US Death Squads = War With Iran a/k/a the ...: So when you read such things as special ops now set for either friendly or hostile nations and Petraeus' intent to accomplish what “cannot or will not be accomplished by conventional military operations or interagency activities,” in this ethical freakshow of an America (Maddow’s phrase) we live in, expect more amoral "anti-conventionalism," the same way waterboarding, extraordinary interrogation and rendition, ignoring the Geneva Convention, denial of habeas corpus, removing Miranda rights, defying international law, the President announcing the divine right of assassination hits on US citizens without due process, Bush doctrine oxymoronic killing for peace, drug and warlord, US military and political bedfellowing, innocent civilians killed by crazed or burned out, desensitized trigger-happy members of the military, a sadistic, revolving door soldier army of entrapped young and often poor Americans as gratuitous cannon fodder for conference room war-mongering military and political gamespeople as well as egomaniacal chicken-hawk media pundits, and monster technologies to intimidate and destroy .all belong under the umbrella of “the unconventional.”

[The Best Defense] A lone bright spot in The Fight for the High Ground - By Tom Ricks ...: Next, my answer should be predictable with regard to your ROE question: I of course do not consider leaders and soldiers who intentionally kill civilians to achieve a laudable goal (such as the killing of AQ terrorists) on a higher moral plane than those who accept the “ticking time bomb rationale” for abusive interrogations. Common Article 3 of the Geneva Conventions prohibits the “infliction of violence” on “persons taking no active part in the hostilities.” Like you apparently, I not only support the Geneva Conventions, but I believe that to do anything less is to betray our nation’s best ideals.

[Antiwar.com Original] Doubling Down in Afghanistan by Tom Engelhardt -- Antiwar.com: Meanwhile, back in the U.S., land of risk-takers and winners, our Washington beltway policymakers have become inured to the risks this sort of compulsive gambling entails.  They continue to throw money and men on the table, no matter the odds in the unkindest of houses (and, whatever else they’ve been, Iraq and Afghanistan certainly haven’t been kind to American agendas).

[Vigilance] Vigilance: Possibly More Americans Killed in Haiti Than 9/11, Iraq ...: Director of National Intelligence Dennis Blair told the Senate Homeland Security Committee that he was not consulted on whether Abdulmutallab should be questioned by the recently created High-Value Detainee Interrogation Group, or HIG, and charged in federal court.

[The Washington Note] Drones and the Death of Al Qaeda's No. 3 - The Washington Note: The countries where Al Qaeda maintains a presence reportedly include Algeria, Egypt, Morocco, Turkey, Jordan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Syria, Xinjiang in China, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Malaysia, Myanmar, Indonesia, Mindanao in the Philippines, Lebanon, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Bahrain, Yemen, Libya, Tunisia, Bosnia, Kosovo, Chechnya, Dagestan, Jammu and Kashmri, Sudan, Somalia, Kenya, Tanzania, Azerbaijan, Eritrea, Uganda, Ethiopia, as also in parts of the West Bank and Gaza.

[Small Wars Council] Interrogation: World War II, Vietnam, and Iraq - Small Wars Council: “Tin Eye” Stephens for the British and Hans Scharff for the Germans) and a number of successful American officers during the Vietnam conflict. Throughout the book, the authors make the point that linguistic ability, a deep understanding of the captives’ culture and worldview, and a perception that torture or other violent methods were useless in soliciting information of value are the hallmarks of a successful interrogator of prisoners.

[NewsReal Blog] Remember Sderot- Israel And The Terror Flotillas- Video Of So ...: We want to maintain a situation where we prevent weapons and war materials from coming into Gaza, and allowing humanitarian aid to go to the population of Gaza”

[Pajamas Media] Pajamas Media » Obama's Top Counterterror Adviser's Inability to ...: And you are saying that you supported the War in Iraq when Bush was President and encouraged us with your support of brave Iraqis fighting Bathist terrorists? All this while carrying on your anti-Israel activities?

[Cafe Talk Aggregator] Did Blair get canned over Iran? | San Fernando Curt's Blog: But that control will be ceded to the Iraqi government in August when the US presence in Iraq is due to be reduced to a "garrison non-combatant" level of 60,000 soldiers and airmen... Imagine for a moment what it would do to US credibility in the Arab world if Baghdad were to ask the US to help defend its airspace against an Israeli incursion and the US were to refuse to do so. 

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