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HYPOCRISY OR POLITICAL REALISM


[+] ballot by Steelhamster
created Mon May 16, 05

'If you harbour terrorists, you are a terrorist,' were the words used by President George W. Bush in justifying the invasion of Afghanistan three and a half years ago and launching the campaign of worldwide militarism known as the global war on terror.

But the Bush administration is itself harbouring a notorious terrorist, wanted for the mid-flight bombing of a Cuban civilian airliner as well as other deadly attacks on civilian targets and attempted assassinations.

The terrorist in question is Luis Posada Carriles, a CIA-trained Cuban exile who slipped quietly across the US-Mexican border last month and is now formally applying for political asylum in the United States.

While Posada Carriles entered the US illegally, his presence has hardly been a secret. His supporters in the extreme right-wing anti-Castroite exile circles in Miami’s Little Havana have launched fund-raising efforts on his behalf, and his lawyer held a press conference Wednesday formally announcing his bid for asylum.

Yet the Bush administration, in the face of demands from the governments of both Cuba and Venezuela for Posada Carriles’s extradition to face charges of international terrorism and murder, has remained totally silent. It has made no move to take the terrorist into custody and is, in every sense of the word, harbouring him. Apparently, he has spent the past two weeks negotiating his status with US immigration officials and the Department of Homeland Security.

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COMMENTS:
A perfect example of, "Do as I say, not as I do."

That should be on Bush's tombstone.
by mojo on Mon May 16, 05 9:58am [+]

More hypocrisy from conservative Bushy.
by cranky on Mon May 16, 05 10:12am [+]

mojo, I'm writing that down. Want your name on the quotation?
by Truthseeker013 on Mon May 16, 05 7:28pm [+]

Uhmn he is an insurgent. A freedom fighter. A Cuban hero.
by inter_regnum on Mon May 16, 05 10:39pm [+]

That makes a difference then, you can kill civilians if you are a freedom fighter...

by Steelhamster on Tue May 17, 05 5:42am [+]

You people can't have it both ways. Insurgents in Iraq are heroes trying to win back their country, insurgents in Cuba are terrorists. Make up your mind.
by ceejjj on Tue May 17, 05 11:30am [+]

I dont want it 'both ways'... I have never condoned terrorist actions, no matter from which quarter it comes.

I was not the person who declared to the world 'If you harbour terrorists, you are a terrorist'

by Steelhamster on Tue May 17, 05 6:16pm [+]

Some facts that were apparently looked over;
Luis Posada Carriles was cleared of the Cuban airline bombinb both in military and civilian court and only escaped because they were still holding him in prison to try him again for the same crime.

An update-he was arrested Tuesday.

Food for thought; most of the negative information about him comes from the communitst Cuban regime whom he was fighting against for freedom. Don't you think with all the propoganda we know the USSR was spreading during the cold war that possibly the Cuban government would do the same?
by ceejjj on Wed May 18, 05 7:27am [+]

*communist
by ceejjj on Wed May 18, 05 7:28am [+]

Hmmm so he wasnt responsible for blowing up aeroplane killing 67 civilians?

Is there any lie you wont swallow?
by Steelhamster on Wed May 18, 05 11:27am [+]

Apparently 2 courts of law swallowed the same "lie". Is that the best you can do?
by ceejjj on Wed May 18, 05 12:33pm [+]

I think I'll take my chances agreeing with the court of law rather than the word of a communist dictator who surpresses his people all the while trying to convince the world everything is dandy.
by ceejjj on Wed May 18, 05 12:34pm [+]

Is there no line you will not swallow Ceej....

... no probably not.
by Steelhamster on Thu May 19, 05 6:32am [+]

It's seems like your swallowing lines, hooks and sinkers yourself.
by ceejjj on Thu May 19, 05 7:01am [+]

Again he is a freedom fighter. Sometimes you have to kill the innocent. You know that as a communist yourself Steel that there must be some eggs broken to make breakfast right?
by inter_regnum on Thu May 19, 05 9:59pm [+]

I an not now, nor have I ever been a member of the Communist party..

Did I say it right?

I am a socialist and the actions of your hero, is not in the minds of any person of decency, right.
by Steelhamster on Fri May 20, 05 7:16am [+]

To use one of you favourite phrases 'You cant have it both ways'.

Terrorists are terrorists, or they are freedom fighters, or are you admitting that Osama Bin Laden is a freedom fighter who should be admired?
by Steelhamster on Fri May 20, 05 7:17am [+]

Not at all, I agree that terrorists are terrorists, what I said was he was found innocent in 2 courts of law. Osama Bin Laden has admitted to the crimes that he is charged with. I believe your comparison is erroneous.

When I made that point I was pointing out the democrat's hypocracy in calling the terrorists in Iraq insurgents.
by ceejjj on Fri May 20, 05 8:00am [+]

Commie or socie what is the real difference? Does that meant that you don't support the use of the gulag? Or does that mean you support the use of the gulag?

Actions of my Hero? My hero is an English professor. Not some (or any) politician. You are more the type to fall victim to the cult-of-leader as are most communists.
by inter_regnum on Sat May 21, 05 2:27am [+]

It obvious to me you really have no clue what you are talking about Inter, perhaps when you enlighten yourself and then you may have an opinion on Socialism that warrants comment.
by Steelhamster on Sat May 21, 05 10:20am [+]

PS Steel I like it when you write my name in those big and bold letters. It is like a reflection of my intellect pal.
by inter_regnum on Sat May 21, 05 5:00pm [+]

I can take it, Im a grown up.

Ribbing aside, it would be nice to have a debate with a right winger without them dragging in the same big lie.
by Steelhamster on Sat May 21, 05 9:46pm [+]

Okay Steel that is fair enough. I will play more honestly with you. I hope that you will do the same for me.

I readily admit when I think the "right-wingers" are wrong and you and I agree on a couple of things so good. Sorry to represent my "class" so poorly.
by inter_regnum on Sun May 22, 05 5:31am [+]





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