Go, Rand!Sen. Rand Paul is threatening to hold up Senate business until lawmakers address the case of jailed Pakistani doctor Shakil Afridi, after Afridi detailed in an exclusive jail-cell interview how the same spy-service interrogators who tortured him also revealed they consider Americans to be their "worst enemies."
Afridi, the doctor who helped the CIA track Usama bin Laden, described brutal torture at the hands of Pakistan's Inter-Service Intelligence.
He said, in an interview with Fox News, that they told him "the Americans are our worst enemies, worse than the Indians." Afridi said the country's claims of cooperation with the U.S. are a sham to "extract" billions in U.S. aid.
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No way to treat our friends. Or our enemies.
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No way to treat our friends. Or our enemies.
The best lack all conviction, while the worst
Are full of passionate intensity.
W.B. Yeats
Are full of passionate intensity.
W.B. Yeats
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Grandpa's Spells
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Re: No way to treat our friends. Or our enemies.
What are lawmakers supposed to do?
One of the downsides of the Internet is that it allows like-minded people to form communities, and sometimes those communities are stupid.
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Re: No way to treat our friends. Or our enemies.
They can do quite a bit: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jackson%E2 ... _amendmentGrandpa's Spells wrote:What are lawmakers supposed to do?
"Liberalism is arbitrarily selective in its choice of whose dignity to champion." Adrian Vermeule
Re: No way to treat our friends. Or our enemies.
US Marine Gen. Mattis popularized the slogan, "No better friend, no worse enemy." IMO, that should be our military & diplomatic mindset.
In this case, we fail on both sides of the ledger.
In this case, we fail on both sides of the ledger.
The best lack all conviction, while the worst
Are full of passionate intensity.
W.B. Yeats
Are full of passionate intensity.
W.B. Yeats
Re: No way to treat our friends. Or our enemies.
Rand Paul is doing good work, and his fellow Republican Senators aren't happy about it.
"The biggest problems that we’re facing right now have to do with George Bush trying to bring more and more power into the executive branch and not go through Congress at all."
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Re: No way to treat our friends. Or our enemies.
Grandpa's Spells wrote:What are lawmakers supposed to do?
Well, I guess we enact the Spells Doctrine; bake them some cookies and then cower behind our girlfriends.
Arms are the only true badge of liberty. The possession of arms is the distinction of the free man from the slave.
I prefer dangerous freedom over peaceful slavery.
I prefer dangerous freedom over peaceful slavery.
Re: No way to treat our friends. Or our enemies.
Pinky wrote:Rand Paul is doing good work, and his fellow Republican Senators aren't happy about it.
Yep, I like him alot more than his Dad. All I like about Ron without sounding like an old Lib grandma when it comes to defense.
Granted I think his Dad would strike back hard if he was POTUS and we were attacked but Rand strikes me as the kind of guy who whips out a swift kick to the balls as soon as a mother fucker draws his fist back to strike or begins to act shifty.
Shit, should'nt this Doctor be intitled to that big, multi million dollar reward we posted after 8-11?
Seems to me SEAL 6 should be sent back in to rescue this guy like Delta did with Muse in Panama.
"God forbid we tell the savages to go fuck themselves." Batboy
Re: No way to treat our friends. Or our enemies.
Batboy2/75 wrote:Grandpa's Spells wrote:What are lawmakers supposed to do?
Well, I guess we enact the Spells Doctrine; bake them some cookies and then cower behind our girlfriends.
In case of rapist, drop trou, and offer up the asshole. Maybe ask if you can suck his cock first. Tell him how you see things his way. Troy Doctrine!
"God forbid we tell the savages to go fuck themselves." Batboy
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Re: No way to treat our friends. Or our enemies.
Paul filibustered earlier this week - it is worth watching the entire video. I don't have access to YouTube here but will post later if somebody hasn't already done so.
It is a shame that he has values enough not to pretend that he is batshit crazy enough to get the GOP nomination for POTUS because I would vote for such a man, especially in this year's field.
It is a shame that he has values enough not to pretend that he is batshit crazy enough to get the GOP nomination for POTUS because I would vote for such a man, especially in this year's field.
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Re: No way to treat our friends. Or our enemies.
Bring all our people and all our money home for 6 months - ought to get someones attention over there. Wouldn't hurt this country either to have those billions at work rebuilding things here.