Cheney: Constitution is for "delicate" people

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Cheney: Constitution is for "delicate" people

Postby Rspaight » Tue May 29, 2007 3:03 pm

http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases ... 526-1.html

As Army officers on duty in the war on terror, you will now face enemies who oppose and despise everything you know to be right, every notion of upright conduct and character, and every belief you consider worth fighting for and living for. Capture one of these killers, and he'll be quick to demand the protections of the Geneva Convention and the Constitution of the United States. Yet when they wage attacks or take captives, their delicate sensibilities seem to fall away.


There you have it: the Geneva Convention and the Constitution (which Cheney has sworn to uphold and defend) are merely for weak criminals to hide behind and should be ignored by right-thinking manly men.

So, how loud do you think Cheney and his followers would scream if he was jailed for war crimes and denied a trial and an attorney?

Ryan
RQOTW: "I'll make sure that our future is defined not by the letters ACLU, but by the letters USA." -- Mitt Romney