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radarman wrote:

http://rawstory.com/news/2008/Spanish_criminal_probe_targets_Bush_torture_0328.html

Six Bush-era officials responsible for crafting the legal justifications permitting the military prison at Guantanamo Bay are the subject of a potential Spanish criminal probe which could place the men under serious risk of arrest if they travel outside the United States.

"[Spanish newspaper] Público identifies the targets as University of California law professor John Yoo, former Department of Defense general counsel William J. Haynes II (now a lawyer working for Chevron), former vice presidential chief-of-staff David Addington, former attorney general and White House counsel Alberto Gonzales, former Assistant Attorney General Jay Bybee, now a judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, and former Undersecretary of Defense Doug Feith," noted Scott Horton at Harper's.

He called them Bush's "torture lawyers."

While I would love to see this collection of scum rotting in prison, they should be rotting in an American prison. Someone needs to remind the Spanish that they don't have jurisdiction over Americans, and to mind their own business. Of course, if you read further, you realize this is probably a political stunt by this judge, but it makes you wonder.

I wish I knew where Europe thinks they get off prosecuting non-Europeans for crimes that didn't occur in Europe, or even have anything to do with Europe. Don't they have enough local criminals committing crimes locally? Sheesh.

It's far less egregious than generations of Americans believing they have the right to dictate how countries should run themselves, and be willing to bomb, blockade and terrorize peoples in all corners of the globe.

Your OH TEH OUTRAGE sounds pretty amusing in that context.

user wrote:

Nuremberg

riposte: American Exceptionalism

link

This year for the first time, the United States used a law that allows for the prosecution in the United States of torture in other countries. On Jan. 10, a Miami court sentenced Chuckie Taylor, the son of the former Liberian president, to 97 years in a federal prison for torture, even though the crimes were committed in Liberia. Last October, when the Miami court handed down the conviction, Attorney General Michael B. Mukasey applauded the ruling and said: “This is the first case in the United States to charge an individual with criminal torture. I hope this case will serve as a model to future prosecutions of this type.”

ShnickyShnack wrote:

resedit wrote:

ShnickyShnack wrote:

It's far less egregious than generations of Americans believing they have the right to dictate how countries should run themselves, and be willing to bomb, blockade and terrorize peoples in all corners of the globe.

That's just absolutely ridiculous.

Why are you mocking the US soldiers who have died defending freedom around the world?

Are you being sarcastic? I can't tell.

If you can't tell than you aren't very smart.

Have you already forgotten your statement about the Red Eye jokers?
Lay off the Marijuana.

resedit wrote:

ShnickyShnack wrote:

It's far less egregious than generations of Americans believing they have the right to dictate how countries should run themselves, and be willing to bomb, blockade and terrorize peoples in all corners of the globe.

That's just absolutely ridiculous.

Why are you mocking the US soldiers who have died defending freedom around the world?

As if that is what they are doing

That's what they might think they are doing and that is what their commanders tell them but there is no freedom being defended.
Not in any war that has happened in my lifetime.

resedit wrote:

Have you already forgotten your statement about the Red Eye jokers?
Lay off the Marijuana.

it means something because its different

"US soldiers who have died defending freedom around the world?"

I guess the difference between an invasion and "defending freedom" is one of perspective.

Some1 wrote:

Wait so was Res serious or not?

He was making fun of the panique surrounding some entertainment show comments.

resedit wrote:

ShnickyShnack wrote:

resedit wrote:

That's just absolutely ridiculous.

Why are you mocking the US soldiers who have died defending freedom around the world?

Are you being sarcastic? I can't tell.

If you can't tell than you aren't very smart.

The right wing in America has unfortunately lowered the bar so much that it's hard to tell when a conservative is mocking those of their political persuasion who are stupid, or is actually being stupid themselves.

I for one hope you're mocking the mentally feeble rightwingers.

resedit wrote:

ShnickyShnack wrote:

resedit wrote:

That's just absolutely ridiculous.

Why are you mocking the US soldiers who have died defending freedom around the world?

Are you being sarcastic? I can't tell.

If you can't tell than you aren't very smart.

Sorry, it's just funny to see you say this.

Don't do the crime if you can't do the time !