What Would Americans Say

[JBeukema]

if China, Russia, or Iran covertly- or openly- killed American citizens in the U.S. because they were declared terrorists?

What is Pakistan did? Or the new Iraqi government?

 

[uscitizen]

Man! You are going to make some heads hurt with that one.

 

[Epsilon Delta]

Well obviously that would be terrible. 'We' can do it because we're "good" and "civilized" and we represent humanity and the course of history. But they are "bad," so when they do it it's bad.

See how easy it is?

 

[Sallow]

They would evoke Orwell..and change the meaning of "killed"..

 

[uscitizen]

Or what if another country just came over and grabbed them and call it rendition?

 

[kwc57]

if China, Russia, or Iran covertly- or openly- killed American citizens in the U.S. because they were declared terrorists?

What is Pakistan did? Or the new Iraqi government?

Can they document said terrorism and tie it to said American thru irrefutable documentation. If they presented this evidence to the US government thru official channels, would they stand a better chance of assistance in apprehending the terrorist to be dealt with legally than we have when we've tried that course with them?

 

[JBeukema]

Well obviously that would be terrible. 'We' can do it because we're "good" and "civilized" and we represent humanity and the course of history. But they are "bad," so when they do it it's bad.

See how easy it is?

I'm not sure whether you knowing or you not realizing that's straight out of Marx/Engels would better highlight the irony...

 

[loosecannon]

if China, Russia, or Iran covertly- or openly- killed American citizens in the U.S. because they were declared terrorists?

What is Pakistan did? Or the new Iraqi government?

Can they document said terrorism and tie it to said American thru irrefutable documentation. If they presented this evidence to the US government thru official channels, would they stand a better chance of assistance in apprehending the terrorist to be dealt with legally than we have when we've tried that course with them?

The US isn't interested in that kind of evidence:

Cubana Flight 455 was a Cubana flight from Barbados to Jamaica that was brought down by a terrorist attack on October 6, 1976. All 73 people on board the Douglas DC-8 aircraft were killed in what was then the most deadly terrorist airline attack in the Western hemisphere. Two time bombs were used, variously described as dynamite or C-4. Evidence implicated several CIA-linked anti-Castro Cuban exiles and members of the Venezuelan secret police DISIP. Political complications quickly arose when Cuba accused the US government of being an accomplice to the attack. CIA documents released in 2005 indicate that the agency "had concrete advance intelligence, as early as June 1976, on plans by Cuban exile terrorist groups to bomb a Cubana airliner." Former CIA operative Posada Carriles denies involvement but provides many details of the incident in his book "Caminos del Guerrero" (Way of the Warrior),[1][2]

Four men were arrested in connection with the bombing and a trial was held in Venezuela: Freddy Lugo and Hernán Ricardo Lozano were sentenced to 20-year prison terms; Orlando Bosch was acquitted because of technical defects in the prosecution evidence, and now lives in Miami, Florida; and Luis Posada Carriles was held for eight years while awaiting a final sentence, but eventually fled. He later entered the United States, where he was held on charges of entering the country illegally but released on April 19, 2007.

Cubana Flight 455 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

[Epsilon Delta]

Well obviously that would be terrible. 'We' can do it because we're "good" and "civilized" and we represent humanity and the course of history. But they are "bad," so when they do it it's bad.

See how easy it is?

I'm not sure whether you knowing or you not realizing that's straight out of Marx/Engels would better highlight the irony...

Hahaha, "You must spread some rep around" and whatnot, but that's pretty good! Not what I meant (didn't realize), but that makes pretty good sense, sadly enough.

That's always the thing with Marx and Engels, great analysis, terrible solutions. =S

 

[shintao]

Well obviously that would be terrible. 'We' can do it because we're "good" and "civilized" and we represent humanity and the course of history. But they are "bad," so when they do it it's bad.

See how easy it is?

You are quite right. I basically break it down into classes, because of my socialist nature, but there is the "other world" where the elite live by a different set of rules, and they can murder, rape & torture innocent detained and chained human beings and nothing happens to them because, as you say they are Godly pure, rich, always right, always powerful, do it for the good of America which is more civilized, moral & ethically straight than any country on the globe. Notice, other countries do not have Sunday mass with Billy Graham.

 

[AllieBaba]

What a ridiculous thread.

Carry on.

 

[shintao]

I am afraid if another country did take out an American, they would be fairly safe and get a carte blanche pass. Our presidents do not know geography, so tend to attack the wrong countries where the enemy isn't, and give foreign aid to the countries where the enemy is.