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| Ketchup heiress says detainees deserve POW status |
| 2003-11-25 |
| Hat tip to drudge The wife of Democratic presidential candidate John F. Kerry said yesterday that suspected terrorists held at Guantanamo Bay should be given prisoner of war status. noted constitutional law expert and ketchup heiress "They were captured while fighting a war," Teresa Heinz Kerry said at an informal discussion with minority activists in Seattle. "They should have the rights that other prisoners of war have had." a declared war is different than a terror action by un-uniformed attackers hon Heinz Kerry said that denying the detainees the protections of the Geneva Convention is "insulting, ignorant, and insensitive" to the rest of the world. F*&k the rest of the world She added that under President Bush, the United States, once known as the standard-bearer for human rights, is now considered a hypocrite. by whom? the French Bwahahhaha! "The arrogance shown by this administration on human rights and in its foreign policy is horrible," she said. Some 660 people suspected of taking part in terrorist activity are being held at the prison on the US naval base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Many were captured in Afghanistan and Pakistan two years ago in the war on terrorism and are believed to be members of Al Qaeda or the Taliban. The Bush administration has said its top priority is interrogating the detainees for intelligence on any planned terrorist attacks. A spokeswoman for the Kerry campaign said Senator Kerry supports his wife’s position that the detainees should be given basic protections such as the right to an attorney. If he didn’t support her she’d take all his campaign play-money away...lol |
| Posted by:Frank G |
| #10 SH, Heinz is going to be on the jarhead boycott list. I'll buy the shitty no-name walmart brand of ketchup from now on. Typical dumb-shit statement by pampered elitist w/no idea what-so-ever about what's going on. Her husband evidently didn't marry her for her brains. I like DH's idea, Black Jack Pershing did something similar in the Phillipines about a 100 yrs ago. Except I wouldn't waste good eggs on the rag-heads - give'em that powdered tray rat shit they give us w/some powdered milk and that old f*cking shelf-stable bread in luke warm water. |
| Posted by: Jarhead 2003-11-25 9:18:34 PM |
| #9 I've got an idea. How about Mrs. & Mr. Kerry- Heinz keep their stupid mouths shut. Both of 'em are goofballs. I say treat the prisoners like the trash they are. Feed 'em sausage and eggs every morning. Feed 'em pork chops for supper. Eat or starve to death. When the first one dies from starvation, butcher a pig, dig a big hole, throw the worthless terrorist's body into the hole along with all the swine guts. Cover the hole up while all the other islamic trash watches. |
| Posted by: Danny H. 2003-11-25 8:45:12 PM |
| #8 If Americans think this through, they will see that treating terrorists like legitimate POW's only encourages soldiers to remove their uniforms and commit war crimes. As an American soldier, I could dress up as a Syrian soldier and foul up their logistics train without committing a war crime. It is called a ruse. A ruse is fine until I don the garb of a Syrian soldier or civilian and start shooting people. That is a treacherous ruse which is a war crime. If you treat war criminals and terrorists as if they were POW's that you will face very few soldiers in combat. Jarhead and his buddies have enough problems without follwoing Ms Heinz advice. |
| Posted by: Super Hose 2003-11-25 8:23:33 PM |
| #7 we could easily say that we will release them when the war on terrorists is over, i.e., the 15th of never |
| Posted by: mhw 2003-11-25 2:29:04 PM |
| #6 Actually, IIUC, we're giving the Gitmo detainees MOST of the protections POW's would get. However by not declaring them POW's we avoid a requirement to release them on some arbitrary end date to the conflict. |
| Posted by: liberalhawk 2003-11-25 2:20:13 PM |
| #5 Sounds like her Terrorist Sympathies© come in 57 Flavors. |
| Posted by: commo 2003-11-25 12:32:55 PM |
| #4 While I relish the her frank assessment, I cannot say that motivation was mustered. |
| Posted by: BH 2003-11-25 12:03:18 PM |
| #3 That was slow good Sgt. DT |
| Posted by: Shipman 2003-11-25 12:03:06 PM |
| #2 Can't blame her. She knows her husband's behind and is just playing "ketchup." |
| Posted by: Sgt.DT 2003-11-25 11:59:01 AM |
| #1 I guess Mrs. Frenchie is trying wrap up the fringe vote while her husband flounders in the polls. I say we release all the prisoners in Gitmo and give them airfare to Boston. From there Mrs. Frenchie can have her Limo’s pick up the detainees and whisk them to her estate. They can wait there until we decide what to do with them legally. I am sure the Kerry’s know far better how to deal with Jihadis and they will become close friends. How about that Mrs. Kerry, can they live with you? |
| Posted by: Cyber Sarge (VRWC CA Chapter) 2003-11-25 11:50:11 AM |