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Re: Canada Deports U.S. Deserter Who Opposes Iraq War

2008-07-19T18:09:36Z

J A wrote:
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Isn't that an adaptation *to* the Geneva Convention, though? it's
calculated to undermine the rules set up in such a system. After
all, if you were a "spy" in say, the American Civil War, who used
mufti or a Union uniform to disguise yourself, you got a drumhead
execution.
Back to the topic - I think it's becoming pretty clear that

Re: The Saga Of Joe Horn: Texas Man Cleared In Shotgun Shootings

2008-07-19T17:55:14Z

There he goes again!
Just can't get his prepositions right.

Re: Canada Deports U.S. Deserter Who Opposes Iraq War

2008-07-19T13:26:41Z

Pogue Sandstrom doesn't understand how to fight Global Islamofascist
Jihadist Terrorism.
Terrorists are not protected by the Geneva Conventions.

Re: D.C. Malicious Compliance With the Supreme Court Ruling on Guns

2008-07-19T13:09:10Z

Black The Red should tell us more about his grandfather and his Great War
experiences.

Re: D.C. Malicious Compliance With the Supreme Court Ruling on Guns

2008-07-19T13:15:51Z

How much was the disability pension and how was he 50% disabled?
Black The Red has generally hated generals ever since -- except for Slim.

Re: D.C. Malicious Compliance With the Supreme Court Ruling on Guns

2008-07-19T17:27:05Z

It's not a case of incompetence by the police but different ways of
dealing with criminals.
A citizen with a CCW faced with a crook is looking to (hopefully)
get the criminal to simply run away or (at worst) kill him, while a cop
is trying to arrest the crook and is faced with more stringent rules
governing how/when he can shoot.

Re: Oil Price Drops $6.44/Barrel (only 4.4 % )-- Bush had nothing to do with it -- supply and demand at work

2008-07-19T16:41:46Z

On Sat, 19 Jul 2008 09:57:08 -0500, in alt.war.vietnam "Mark Test"
As long as the drilling occurs in your back yard, then go for it. I
live on the Gulf Coast and I'm perfectly happy with the price of
gasoline... as opposed to more drilling anywhere around here, I mean.
As soon as an oil well moves in next door to *you*, you'll join

George Galloway on Iran

2008-07-19T16:36:21Z

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Re: Canada Deports U.S. Deserter Who Opposes Iraq War

2008-07-19T17:34:31Z

Points of grammar aside, the "Taliban" have a history of systematically not
wearing a uniform, hiding their weapons, attacking civilians, plus
supporting a terroist group (al Qaeda), and it's questionable as to whether
they ever constituted the formal military of Afghanistan.

Re: Canada Deports U.S. Deserter Who Opposes Iraq War

2008-07-19T16:24:29Z

J A wrote:
Point of grammar "this" is ambiguous since it could apply to several
different points.
The people who attacked the buses etc were not members of any country's
armed forces, they were not wearing a uniform and hid their weapons.
Also attacking civilians is a war crime.
Andrew Swallow

Re: Canada Deports U.S. Deserter Who Opposes Iraq War

2008-07-19T16:14:32Z

I strongly suggest you read the Geneva Convention before using such words.

Sir Edward Darcy, grandfather of Mary (Launce) Sherman

2008-07-19T16:07:41Z

Dear Newsgroup ~
Below are two references to Sir Edward Darcy, Groom of the Privy
Chamber, which individual was the maternal grandfather of the colonial
immigrant, Mary Launce, wife of Rev. John Sherman. As a descendant of
Mary Launce's brother-in-law, Samuel Sherman, I've always had a
passing interest in Mary Launce and her ancestry.

Re: McCain's Conservative Model? -- Theodore Roosevelt

2008-07-19T15:48:38Z

David McCullough’s “Truman” contains several references to health
insurance, in particular the following two.
Shortly after Truman became president in 1945: “He asked for national
compulsory health insurance to be funded by payroll deductions. Under
the system, all citizens would receive medical and hospital service

Re: Canada Deports U.S. Deserter Who Opposes Iraq War

2008-07-19T04:58:08Z

Why not extend this to people doing bomb attacks on, say, buses and trains?

Re: Canada Deports U.S. Deserter Who Opposes Iraq War

2008-07-19T04:55:49Z

I though he was Canadian?
What was he doing in Afghanistan?
Did he join the Taliban? Did he suddenly become an Afghani fighting an
invader?
The Taliban had been in power for several years in Afghanistan. If they
should be considered a formal military, why didn't they have uniforms? Why
wasn't he in one?