re: #1182 LudwigVanQuixote

Tact and compassion isn’t sucking up, but fair enough. I don’t come here for meaning, I come here to learn. I’ve learned a fair amount from some of your more rational posts. I hope I can continue to do so. You’re posts about Judaism and Global warming are great. If it hadn’t been for this thread I suspect we’d get along great.

I agree with you on many points, even in this thread. If the pakistani’s had handed KSM over to the FBI, and the entire thing had been handled as a criminal matter from day one, id be the first one screaming for a civilian trial. And I’ve never supported water boarding. But things did not go the way I would hope. That’s why I support military tribunal. I support them being fair and open. I support them being speedy. I do not support torture in any form. I don’t even support capital punishment.

I do not support baseless attacks on families. I do not support attacks on patriotism. I dont support attacks on someone religion, be it catholic jewish or muslim. I will not, and cannot support the fallacy of comparing the US Army to the khmer rogue or the SS. I cannot support the IDF’s extra judicial killings while at the same acting like America is the great satan for gitmo or tribunals.

Call me whatever you wish for this post, but this is my honest attempt to avoid totally burning bridges with you.