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To: Brumar89 who wrote (363093)	12/16/2007 4:30:16 PM
From: combjelly	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1578303

"Still I know of no one on the right who is congenitally opposed to military recruitment. " May or may not be the case. However, it is hardly a universal characteristic of liberals that they are anti-recruiting. "We have a pretty good idea. " There are over 300 at gitmo. We know for certain about a few. And despite that, we have only one conviction, and that was a plea bargain. "Myth. There are a lot of bounty hunters running around Afghanistan and Pakistan?" Not a myth, I am afraid. Here is the left-wing rag, Soldier of Fortune, take on the issue. military.com One, Jonathan Idema, was discovered with his own little torture chamber in Afghanistan. And the US has admitted that they used his services. "The folks at Gitmo are treated very humanely." Except for the torture, that is true. However, it isn't really relevant. How long does it take to question someone? Some of those people have been there since the war. How long are we going to hold them? After 6 years, how much relevant intelligence can they provide? *As I understand it they have to be members or supporters of Al Qaeda or the Taliban." There is no such requirement. "He was believed to be close to developing nukes. " By some. They made a brilliant call, didn't they? Developing nuclear weapons isn't easy. And, without testing is, not a slam dunk. Just look at the test by NK. "The poeple in that era had no idea they were in a different era than any other." Sure they did, although they might not have named it that way. They knew that, instead of quietly accepting what the monarchs and the church said, they could and did openly discuss and question.