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bobk
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Username: Bobk
Post Number: 4334
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Friday, January 16, 2004 - 10:38 am: |     |
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/01/16/national/16GITM.html
An interesting article in my opinion. Are the lawyers just protecting the interests of their clients by filing this petition or are they covering their own precious little butts in the event that a few years down the line they have to stand trial themselves for "obeying an unlawful order"?
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ashear
Citizen
Username: Ashear
Post Number: 908
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Friday, January 16, 2004 - 1:09 pm: | |
I'm a pretty cynical guy but I think this is actually a pretty courageous move by the military lawyers. I don't think they would have any reason to worry about getting in trouble if they just went with the program and real reason to worry about their careers now. My hat is off to them. |
bobk
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Username: Bobk
Post Number: 4338
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Friday, January 16, 2004 - 1:33 pm: | |
Ashear, I tend to agree.
However during the Boar War a bunch of Aussies used prisoners to protect trains from being blown up. At the end of the war they were court martialed, convicted and executed. My point was that times and viewpoints change.
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Montagnard
Citizen
Username: Montagnard
Post Number: 368
Registered: 6-2003
| | Posted on Friday, January 16, 2004 - 10:39 pm: | |
That's the Boer War, you zwijn! |
bobk
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Username: Bobk
Post Number: 4346
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Saturday, January 17, 2004 - 5:26 am: | |
Heck, if I could only learn to spell
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