Rumsfeld faces war crimes accusations

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  • jlew24asujlew24asu Posts: 10,118
    aBoxOfFear wrote:
    maybe rummy and i will cross paths and i'll bash his fucking head in myself. no remorse. i'd be happy to do it.


    he'd fuck you up
  • jlew24asu wrote:
    he'd fuck you up


    Why is that?


    (man, I'm glad I reread it. Orginally I thought you said "He'd fuck you")
  • jlew24asu wrote:
    he'd fuck you up

    are you his bitch, or something??
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  • Why is that?


    (man, I'm glad I reread it. Orginally I thought you said "He'd fuck you")

    well, rumsfeld knows judo...
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  • well, rumsfeld knows judo...

    he's a 74 year old coward. besides, i would rather he died a slow painful death, something along the lines of rectal cancer.
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  • jeffbrjeffbr Posts: 7,177
    aBoxOfFear wrote:
    maybe rummy and i will cross paths and i'll bash his fucking head in myself. no remorse. i'd be happy to do it.

    That would be sweet! Hopefully you wouldn't have internet privileges in prison, and we wouldn't have to read these inane posts anymore.
    "I'll use the magic word - let's just shut the fuck up, please." EV, 04/13/08
  • aBoxOfFear wrote:
    he's a 74 year old coward. besides, i would rather he died a slow painful death, something along the lines of rectal cancer.

    he's a 74 year old JUDO MACHINE...
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  • that's all fair and good...the problem is that the u.s. went and disturbed that which was not under their sovereign control...

    Not really, no. The US disturbed something that had nothing to do with sovereign control.
    thus falling into the realm of international discretion...

    There's no such thing as "international discretion". There is only the organizations of realpolitik that you've attached very fancy names and shiny buildings to.
  • jeffbr wrote:
    That would be sweet! Hopefully you wouldn't have internet privileges in prison, and we wouldn't have to read these inane posts anymore.

    i admit that was a little over the top. i despise the man. sorry for the inappropriate comment.

    but i'm sure if eddie said it, it would be funny. you know, like how he said he'd kill bush in '92. ;)
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  • he's a 74 year old JUDO MACHINE...

    oh, i'm sure. :rolleyes: your baby-sitter could kick his ass.
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  • Not really, no. The US disturbed something that had nothing to do with sovereign control.

    There's no such thing as "international discretion". There is only the organizations of realpolitik that you've attached very fancy names and shiny buildings to.

    okay, let's see...sovereignty deals with your ability to decide for yourself...and do mitigate those things which are pressuring your ability to do that...iraq was not doing such a thing...and, the u.s., under false pretenses, went over and killed people. we didn't and don't have any authority in iraq. and, then, add to that, the actions sanctioned by the leader of the u.s. military, and you have someone that has to be accountable. like someone already said, it doesn't mean a fucking thing except decreasing travel destinations because of the recognition of jurisdiction. but, it creates, in the mind of people watching, that someone was guilty of something. in this whole situation, you know, as well as i do, that there are a lot of people guilty of a lot of things (and i'm not even talking about the stuff that soldiers have done in iraq which are beyond the scope of conduct...you know, soldier populations fall into the statistics of deviance just like any other population).
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  • aBoxOfFear wrote:
    oh, i'm sure. :rolleyes: your baby-sitter could kick his ass.

    yeah, right after he had his way with her with his giant, christian dick. he is, as you have mentioned, an older gentleman, so he would have some recovery time after that, thus allowing her the opportunity to blindside him. but, after he quickly recovered from that seeming knockout blow...he would JUDO KILL her!
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  • okay, let's see...sovereignty deals with your ability to decide for yourself...and do mitigate those things which are pressuring your ability to do that...iraq was not doing such a thing...

    Let me see if I'm understanding this:

    It is your claim that the existing Iraqi regime represented the individual sovereignty of the Iraqi people?

    A yes or no is what I'm looking for here.
    and, the u.s., under false pretenses, went over and killed people.

    Yes it did.
    we didn't and don't have any authority in iraq.

    By your logic, everyone had authority in Iraq.
    and, then, add to that, the actions sanctioned by the leader of the u.s. military, and you have someone that has to be accountable. like someone already said, it doesn't mean a fucking thing except decreasing travel destinations because of the recognition of jurisdiction. but, it creates, in the mind of people watching, that someone was guilty of something.

    Hehe....let me look at this again:

    "it creates, in the mind of people watching, that someone was guilty of something."

    Now that's a hell of a principle to run a justice system on.
  • yeah, right after he had his way with her with his giant, christian dick.

    oh please, it's a well known fact that donald rumsfeld has a small, uncircumsized penis. why do you think he has such hostility in him??
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  • jlew24asujlew24asu Posts: 10,118
    aBoxOfFear wrote:
    oh please, it's a well known fact that donald rumsfeld has a small, uncircumsized penis. why do you think he has such hostility in him??


    a well known fact huh? hmmmmmmm
  • jlew24asu wrote:
    a well known fact huh? hmmmmmmm

    ya, i checked out that wiki link you sent me.
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  • if rumsfeld's situation was tried in a court in germany, or somewhere else, and he was found guilty...he was found guilty. what is this principle that you're talking about? when you're found guilty of something, you're guilty. that's not a principle. it's a fact, regardless of your innocence in the situation.

    i said that the u.s. had no authority in iraq. i didn't go as far as saying who had authority there or who has authority now. i, also, didn't mention sovereignty, in any way, in relation to iraq and/or its people. i did, though, mention what a sovereign u.s. means.
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  • aBoxOfFear wrote:
    oh please, it's a well known fact that donald rumsfeld has a small, uncircumsized penis. why do you think he has such hostility in him??

    because he's denying his homosexual urges...DUH!
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  • because he's denying his homosexual urges...DUH!

    why don't you give him a hand(pun intended)?
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  • Staceb10Staceb10 Posts: 675
    Puck78 wrote:
    sadly for you, it's wrong


    Umm..okay. We'll see if ole Rummy boy ever sees the inside of a jail cell based on a "conviction" from a court outside the US. Good luck with that though.
  • Staceb10 wrote:
    Umm..okay. We'll see if ole Rummy boy ever sees the inside of a jail cell based on a "conviction" from a court outside the US. Good luck with that though.

    why do you consider a conviction handed down from a court outside of the u.s. a "conviction" instead of a straight up CONVICTION? by your logic, and your disrespect for courts outside of the u.s., the hussein verdict is nothing more than a "verdict".
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  • Staceb10 wrote:
    Umm..okay. We'll see if ole Rummy boy ever sees the inside of a jail cell based on a "conviction" from a court outside the US. Good luck with that though.

    of course he won't. you know why?? because there is no justice in this world. people like him, with money and power, can get away with anything. he'll die in his fucking rocking chair on the front porch of his ranch, peacefully. and he won't go to hell, because that only exists here on earth. and there are plenty of people who are in a living hell right now because of that old cunt.
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  • what is this principle that you're talking about?

    The same principle that keeps me from declaring you guilty of annoying me, and shooting you execution style as rightful punishment ;)

    Law requires a standard and means of judgement to which the individual willingly submits. That means a system of judgement extends from individual sovereignty, rather than replaces it.
  • The same principle that keeps me from declaring you guilty of annoying me, and shooting you execution style as rightful punishment ;)

    Law requires a standard and means of judgement to which the individual willingly submits. That means a system of judgement extends from individual sovereignty, rather than replaces it.

    why am i annoying you?

    so, i have to willingly submit to the judicial process in order for it to be acceptable? that's absurd. yes, a system of judgment does extend from individual sovereignty and does not replace it. no one has to submit to judgment...evidence is heard...the positions are weighed and judgment is passed down...punishment to be administered...the recognition of the judgment makes it so...
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  • why am i annoying you?

    You're not -- I was just joking.
    so, i have to willingly submit to the judicial process in order for it to be acceptable?

    Of course. Again, would it be just if I gathered up some friends and "tried" you for annoying me and sentenced you to death?
  • Staceb10Staceb10 Posts: 675
    why do you consider a conviction handed down from a court outside of the u.s. a "conviction" instead of a straight up CONVICTION? by your logic, and your disrespect for courts outside of the u.s., the hussein verdict is nothing more than a "verdict".


    It's still a conviction. Just one that doesn't hold any weight because all its going to do is keep Rumsfeld from being able to travel to a few places. And wasn't Hussein tried by and in Iraq? Not by oh say.. France? If France had convicted Hussein do you think it would have been of any consequence to him? Nope. Just like a conviction in Germany will be of no real consequence to Rumsfeld.
  • You're not -- I was just joking.



    Of course. Again, would it be just if I gathered up some friends and "tried" you for annoying me and sentenced you to death?

    what is a jury, if not a group of friends deciding the fate of the defendant? i mean, you could bring civil suit against me for something that i did or caused to happen or allowed to happen...so...not sure how far off base it would be to say that you could do just what you are saying.
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  • Staceb10 wrote:
    It's still a conviction. Just one that doesn't hold any weight because all its going to do is keep Rumsfeld from being able to travel to a few places. And wasn't Hussein tried by and in Iraq? Not by oh say.. France? If France had convicted Hussein do you think it would have been of any consequence to him? Nope. Just like a conviction in Germany will be of no real consequence to Rumsfeld.

    if it doesn't hold any weight then why would it matter if rumsfeld were found to be in germany? how is a german court different from a u.s. court in deciding the fate of a man who has put into motion so much destruction and death?

    i asked you the question about hussein based on your characterization of "conviction". so, under your formulation, hussein just needs to get out of iraq and never vacation there.
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  • Staceb10Staceb10 Posts: 675
    if it doesn't hold any weight then why would it matter if rumsfeld were found to be in germany? how is a german court different from a u.s. court in deciding the fate of a man who has put into motion so much destruction and death?

    i asked you the question about hussein based on your characterization of "conviction". so, under your formulation, hussein just needs to get out of iraq and never vacation there.


    I don't think you are getting what I'm saying here.. If Germany tries Rumsfeld and finds him guilty then it would be a conviction just like any other conviction. BUT... The problem is that Rumsfeld will never actually suffer any consequences of that conviction because the US will never allow him to be extradicted and he will not be put in prison here for a conviction from a German court. Now, if he was tried in the US, like Hussein is being tried in Iraq, then he would suffer the consequence because he's an American citizen. If Hussein, being an Iraqi, was being tried by France then the same thing would happen. He would suffer no consequences from the conviction because he's not a French citizen and they'd never be granted the power to extradict him. I think my using quotes around the word conviction created some confusion or something.
  • jlew24asujlew24asu Posts: 10,118
    its probably better for a lawyer to answer these questions or make an argument. I'm guessing none of you are.
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