Friday, July 25th, 2003
IF YOU PUNISH US FOR CHEATING WE WILL STOP PRETENDING TO COMPLY
A translation from Farsi on nuclear non-proliferation noncompliance.
Archive for July, 2003
Friday, July 25th, 2003
MORE NONSENSE ON THE DEATHS OF THE BROTHERS HUSSEIN
This editorial in the guise of a news article alleges the combat deaths of Uday and Qusay were illegal assassinations. There are many problems with this thesis to say the least..
First, the reporter/pontificator is defining ” assassination” as any action, including a military attack during wartime, that results in the death of a foreign leader, an absurdly broad interpretation of President Ford’s executive order and one favored by crackpot leftist international lawyers. Evidently they never heard of Admiral Yamamoto.
Secondly,Uday and Qusay, for all their terrible abuses of power were neither the head of state nor the head of government in Iraq so even if we accept the above interpretation, they aren’t covered under the assassination ban.
Thirdly, an executive order is exactly that. It is neither a law nor part of the UCMJ and may be amended or repealed by the sitting president at their discretion.
Fourth, command-and-control personnel during wartime, including guerilla operations like those occurring in Iraq, are completely legitimate targets for military attack under international law.
Get the feeling that the Left is desperate these days ?
Wednesday, July 23rd, 2003
THIS SPEAKS FOR ITSELF
The anti-war set posting on Calpundit’s comment board – their misery at the recent elimination of Uday and Qusay, because it might be perceived as a ” Bush success”, is palpable. The particularly amusing fellow is ” Mike ” who posits killing an armed enemy who shoots first is a ” war crime ” ( I guess if Uday and Qusay’s bodyguard had killed some American soldiers that’d be ok with Mike)
I’ve seen a lot of intelligent commentary on Calpundit from liberal posters. I’ve also seen the wingnut ” Bush is Hitler ” fringe show up with regularity and with that set Bush-hatred is now so intense that they are primed to rejoice at an American defeat, anywhere, anytime, so long as a Republican is president.
