Comments on: Secret assassination squads?

By: Brian

Brian — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 17:07:31 +0000

Assassination squads have been a (not-so-secret) staple of government for a very long time. That a VP should have oversight seems logical. (Would congress really be better given the task at hand?) And let's not forget the assassination squads of now and yesterday weren't just looking for shits who play weekend-terrorist. They had a nice list of folks that were officials of other sovereign nations. Besides, what else do you think was in that man-sized safe of Cheney's? @narciso, your humor is pretty entertaining. Stay after it.

By: narciso

narciso — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 13:50:45 +0000

Yes, David the targets are AQ operatives, not political dissidents. A distinction that Raw Story (have they ever gotten a story right) wasn’t willing to make. Olbermann
didn’t even know what the Special Forces Command, was. much less what it did.
Honestly the irony on this site is remarkable, worrying about dictatorship while supporting a candidate supported by the oligarchy, (at least 100,000 contribution from AIG, along with Countrywide, Bank of America, Lehman, et al), who forced a stimulus package that directs government control on everything from health care to fuel (cap n trade) to farmer’s markets; on the spurious promise that it will fix the economy. As to Watchman, the book and specially the film, operate from a false premise, that it wasn’t the Red Threat that created the conditions of the cold war, just like AQ, isn’t responsible for the ‘special conditions’ today, by the way another irony, the DHS will have a new headquarters, on the grounds of St. Elizabeth’s Psychiatric Hospital, you can’t make this up if one tried and why would one want to. Finally, cielos is skies, not heavens, not really the image you’re going for.

By: Joni

Joni — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 07:47:05 +0000

Death squads (in real life) sound a bit worrying. I don’t know if I would feel comfortable knowing that a team of SEALs were prowling the streets of my home city. On the other hand so far I believe that my country and USA are friends, so no worries there (well except if here are some terrorist cells in hiding).

While thinking this through the most disturbing idea are deaths of innocent people. I think this is why Phoenix Program got so infamous. Still, it would be interesting to know how many innocent were killed by death squads compared to carpet bombings, napalm and mines. I am pretty sure that it is much lower. Same applies in Iraq.

I am sure that if this kind of activity is going on, was planned or will take place it will be horrified. It will cause collateral damage but it should be put to perspective on the alternatives.

So, rather than having a Predator firing Hellfire missiles in here (or in Iraq) I would prefer more precise teams on the ground.

By: David Williams

David Williams — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 02:57:43 +0000

Because I don’t think McCain would have been able to resist any mano-a-mano challenge issued by any terrorist/third world rogue state leader. He would have been easy for them to bait, and would have just dragged us deeper into the current quagmire(s). McCain’s got the mentality of a fighter pilot, and I don’t think that’s what we need right now.

And the Palin pick was a real non-starter. Not as bad as the left-wing made her out to be, but presidential material? . . . not even vaguely.

But fundamentally, I don’t think right vs. left distinctions should apply anywhere near as much as they do. It’s too easy to tell what someone believes on issues X and Y, based on how they feel about issue Z.

By: Polter

Polter — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 22:41:40 +0000

I guess you are a bit more on my political side of the spectrum than I thought… so how could a guy that wrote that piece vote for Obama?