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Originally posted by James
Alright people, I am sending a giant eyeroll out to almost all of you  .
A lot of you need to stop with the angry rhetoric because there is no point and it clouds the issues. Also, its a weknes of character if you need anger, rationaization, and self justification in order to do unpleasant things that need to be done. Its also dangerous to dehumanize your opponent. Which is what some of the terms you are using indicate.
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Um, HELLO, is there anyone on this board who actually thinks that these guys wouldn't take over that base and kill every American in it if they could? The simple fact remains that the prisoners are, in fact, dangerous and our military is dealing with them in an appropriate manner. THAT is the issue, and if I want to throw in some angry rhetoric then I will. It doesn't mean that I have a "weak" character or need to justify anything to myself just to appease my conscience. So please don't be so condescending, James. Some of us just choose not to over-analyze every move our government makes. That doesn't make us irrational idiots who eat up every piece of propaganda handed to us, nor does it make us overzealous patriots who bury our heads in the sand every time someone cries foul over an action our country has taken concerning foreign policy.
Personally, I'm tired of hearing the whining from all the liberals protesting that the prisoners' civil rights aren't being upheld. If they want to put them up at the Ritz, then so be it. Give them the keys to those cells and let them handle those men without our military present. We'll see how long it takes them to change their tunes when there aren't any bars or guns to separate them from the religious zealots who consider all Americans to be evil and better off dead.