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2003-07-21 Home Front

Blair accepts military trial for Britons

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Posted by Steve White 2003-07-21 12:48:51 AM|| || Front Page|| [5 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 A cheap and easy solution would be to wait until we had a raid/arrests based on other intel, then publicly thank these two asshats for their assistance and cooperation and release them. Let their cohorts kill them for us

Posted by Frank G 2003-7-21 8:39:37 AM|| 2003-7-21 8:39:37 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 The only significant concession would be to lift the threat of the death penalty.

As much as I like the Poms, I don't particularly care for their aversion to the death penalty. These guys got caught by U.S. forces, and as such, are U.S. prisoners and are subject to legal proceedings by the U.S. government. It's just like that kid that was caught in Singapore vandalizing cars; some people here complained that caning was a harsh penalty for what he did. The fact of the matter is, his actions came under the jurisdiction of Singaporean law, and he had to live with the consequences of his actions.

However, in light of the probability that the death penalty won't be imposed in the event that these Pom terrorists are convicted, they can then serve out their sentences somewhere else besides within U.S. territory. Someone has to feed them, and it doesn't need to be us.

Posted by Bomb-a-rama 2003-7-21 11:07:04 AM|| 2003-7-21 11:07:04 AM|| Front Page Top

#3 "poms"?

Posted by Aris Katsaris 2003-7-21 1:39:45 PM|| 2003-7-21 1:39:45 PM|| Front Page Top

#4 short for pommy bastards...

Posted by mojo 2003-7-21 3:06:27 PM|| 2003-7-21 3:06:27 PM|| Front Page Top

#5 Brits, Aris

Posted by Not Mike Moore 2003-7-21 5:49:07 PM|| 2003-7-21 5:49:07 PM|| Front Page Top

#6 POMEs: Prisoners Of Mother England

Posted by Bulldog 2003-7-21 6:38:22 PM|| 2003-7-21 6:38:22 PM|| Front Page Top

#7 This is where the rubber meets the road. Either you mean what you say, or not. If you mean it as long as it has no cost to you, such as your countrymen facing what sounded really good 5 minutes ago for everyone else, then you don't mean it and your word is shit.

Blair is the real deal - Kudos to him. If he ever seeks asylum he'll be welcome in the US of A.

Posted by PD 2003-7-21 9:22:47 PM|| 2003-7-21 9:22:47 PM|| Front Page Top

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