This bill redifines the Geneva conventions and allows for harsher treatement of detainees. We pull out of Iraq, and we find ourselves fighting a country with an organized Army, how would we feel if they played around with the Geneva Conventions and allowed harsh treatment of American soldiers? Would our Govt. say they can't do that even though we did, what makes anyone think that other countries won't redefine it either when fighting wars.
2006-10-02 01:22:04 · 9 answers · asked by Fiesty Redhead 2 in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
This is truely a sad moment in the history of this country. Congress should be outright embarrassed for giving the wanna be emperror these kinds of powers. And every idiot Senator who voted for it should be not be reelected. All were doing is lowering ourselves to the level of the enemy and putting our soldiers in even greater risk. If anybody thinks torture works, then where is Osama?
2006-10-02 01:56:07 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
What explains the gullibility of Americans, a gullibility that has mired the U.S. in disastrous wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and that promises war with Iran, North Korea, and a variety of other targets if neoconservatives continue to have their way?
Part of the explanation is that millions of conservatives are thrilled at the opportunity to display their patriotism and to show their support for their country. Bush's rhetoric is perfectly designed to appeal to this desire. "You are with us or against us" elicits a blind and unquestioning response from people determined to wear their patriotism on their sleeves. "You are with us or against us" vaccinates Americans against factual reality and guarantees public acceptance of administration propaganda.
Many Americans find the government's message much more reassuring than the actual facts. The government's message is: "America is virtuous. Virtuous America was attacked by evil terrorists. America is protecting itself by going to war and overthrowing regimes that sponsor or give shelter to terrorists, erecting in their place democracies loyal to America."
Sugarcoated propaganda doesn't present Americans with the emotional and mental stress associated with the hard facts.
http://www.villagevoice.com/news/0638,fiore,74465,9.html
have a read get informed or just go back to the tv...most do anyway.
2006-10-02 10:08:43 · answer #2 · answered by Bearable 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
bush is a moron, we never should have went overe there anyway, he's only tring to finish what his daddy started, his goal is world denomination, money is his only concern, he owns an oil company and everyone wonders why gas is so high, we're in Iraq for the sole purpouse of a gas line, He is an idiot, i know this dosent answer your question bu thats my two cents
2006-10-02 08:34:45 · answer #3 · answered by jason 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
This bill is worse than you think. This bill allows bush to name any american citizen as an enemy combatant and therefore subject to this bill. This bill eliminates the fundamental liberty protection called habeus corpus. This change means bush can now disappear us!
And, he did give halliburton a 375 million dollar contract to build detention camps for 'future projects.'
get your passports....
2006-10-02 08:26:22 · answer #4 · answered by cassandra 6 · 2⤊ 1⤋
It is a guidelines to protect the innocent. But, in times of war, there are a lot of things that can be possible to occur. There will be a lot of human rights violations from both sides.
2006-10-02 08:27:36 · answer #5 · answered by Sam X9 5 · 2⤊ 2⤋
I don't see how it changes american policy in a way or another. After all, people have been already wrongfully detained... some claim tortured.
2006-10-02 08:33:37 · answer #6 · answered by dane 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
if you ask me it sounds like bush is going to instate sharia law into the united states get your plane tickets and passports to go to norway or iceland where theres no muslims at all
2006-10-02 08:32:03 · answer #7 · answered by sponge_bob_linux_pants 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
no because it allow the democraps to give terrorists "free passes" to spread their hate and destroy Americans without any punishment
2006-10-02 08:26:43 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
Damn!! How early do you get up to get on Yahoo?
2006-10-02 09:59:06 · answer #9 · answered by Dems won!!!! 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋