a) Michael Moore did not call anyone a butcher. His portrayal of American troops in Fahrenheit 9/11 was very sympathetic.
b) I have not actually heard *anyone* call American troops butchers, anti-war or not. c) Could you pease explain how anyone in Afghanistan threatens Michael Moore in any way? d) I've been following the story and and I'm aware that Posada is in custody. He doesn't seem to have been extradited yet either. I don't know enough of the particulars to have a position on whether he *should* be -- probably not based on what I know of Castro -- but ah, yes, when you misuse the term terrorist you find yourself in awkward positions like this. On 6/1/05, Robert Munn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The article is a media spin piece. My understanding is that the U.S. > government rejected the initial extradition request because of a technicality > with how it was filed. > > http://www.libertypost.org/cgi-bin/readart.cgi?ArtNum=96818 > > Also note that Panama held Posada from 2000 to 2004, and during that time > they rejected an extradition request from Venezuela (in 2002). Posada was > pardoned in Panama in 2004 and went into hiding. > > Lastly, Posada isn't exactly walking around free. He entered the United > States illegally, and U.S. officials have detained him while they decide what > to do with him. The article covers some of the legal details. > > Suffice it to say that this is more a matter of legal wrangling between > countries than anything else. My concern is that Bush's domestic political > enemies will use this minor debate to stoke the fires of opposition, and > thereby provide further fuel for our real enemies- Al Qaeda and other > extremist elements who take every opportunity they can to demonize us in the > media. > > I think it's high time someone from the Democrats (other than Joe Lieberman, > he's practically a Republican) stood up and said we're not going to stoop to > this partisan BS when the reputation of our country in the rest of the world > is at stake. > > If you go through and you total up all the reported cases of abuse at > Guantanamo, Abu Graib, and in Afghanistan, it adds up to a few dozen cases. > That's less than an afternoon rape and torture session for Udai Hussein > (before he was pushing up daises). Kim Jong Il has more people than that > killed in a week just for looking at him cross-eyed. More people than that > are raped and murdered in civil conflicts in Sudan, Somalia, Congo, and > several other African nations every month. > > I could go on and on with the list of the truly horrible things that go on > around the world, but my point is that all of the people who are whinging > about how horrible the U.S. government is (see the kooks at Amnesty > International) need to be reminded of what true evil looks like. > > The great irony, of course, is that if Al Qaeda or the Taliban were in charge > in the U.S., it is the liberal intellectual Left whose heads would be first > on the chopping block. Our guys are dying in Afghanistan and Iraq to defend > Michael Moore's right to call them butchers. With any luck, Michael Moore > will be able to fly to Iraq within a couple of years and spew his crap to > them without fear of being imprisoned and killed, too. Of course, he might > not get a very warm reception- unless he goes to Fallujah or Tikrit. > > > > >The U.S. rejected on Friday Venezuela's first move to extradite a > >Cuban exile wanted for an airliner bombing, in a case that could > >challenge the U.S. commitment to fight all forms of terrorism. > > > >Wacko picture here: > > > >http://tinyurl.com/btx5b > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:159384 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
