However I can assure you that there families or their own lifes will not be threatened should they speak out against the war or the Commander in Chief.
You're full of shit. Thanks for asking.
Some have been threatened with prosecution or loss of benefits, however.
Statement Before the Whistleblower Tribunal | Iraq Veterans Against the War
Some have been threatened with prosecution or loss of benefits, however.
Statement Before the Whistleblower Tribunal | Iraq Veterans Against the War
Most vets that do not agree with Bush and his war fear speaking out in public about it because they fear for their family about death threats and such.
Of course he shouldn't have been beaten............Yes.
Doesn't mean the guy who threw it shouldn't have been carried out and beaten for his assault on our President.
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But this is JUST your opinion; would you be okay if someone made up lies and distortions about Obama?
Of course he shouldn't have been beaten.
Agree. I hope it does not appear as if I have no respect for life:3oops:
All human beings possess intrinsic worthiness and deserve unconditional respect, regardless of age, sex, health status, social or ethnic origin, political ideas, religion, or criminal history. In other words, this respect is owed to every individual by the mere fact that he or she is a "member of the human family" (Universal Declaration of Human Rights, 1948, Preamble). This intrinsic worthiness is widely recognized by international law as the source of all human rights.
What rights have you lost under President Bush?
Do not ask that question to anyone who has lost a son in daughter in Iraq !
Respect is something that should be earned not freely given.
Originally Posted by Hatuey
You're full of ****. Thanks for asking.
Wow, glad you beat me to that one. That was probably one of the most ridiculous things I've heard on this forum.
Originally Posted by ludahai
What rights have you lost under President Bush?
Do not ask that question to anyone who has lost a son in daughter in Iraq !
Hate to generalize any more than has already been going on in this thread, but I bet most of them are proud of their child's sacrifice for their country.
One makes the best of a bad situation, of course; but I'd wager that all of them would rather have their children alive again, at any cost.
Yes and no. I want my kids to live far longer than me, but if they did die protecting/saving the lives of others and for a cause, then I would respect what they did and not want them alive over the lives of others or the just cause out of my own selfishness. That is just me.
I think it's hard to speculate about such things when your kids are little.
It's... theoretical.
It doesn't seem real.
Get back to me when you are actually faced with one of your children entering the military during wartime.
Sorry, that is just how it is. now, about those lost rights?
Privacy is one. It's now noted that "normal" or "general" Americans have been spied on via phone tapping. Some think this is no big deal, but I certainly do.
One makes the best of a bad situation, of course; but I'd wager that all of them would rather have their children alive again, at any cost.
Privacy is one. It's now noted that "normal" or "general" Americans have been spied on via phone tapping. Some think this is no big deal, but I certainly do.
This weekend, Newsweek published the remarkable saga of Thomas M. Tamm, a former prosecutor in the Department of Justice who saw evidence of illegal domestic surveillance of U.S. citizens. When his questions to superiors went unanswered, Tamm decided to blow the whistle -- calling the New York Times from a pay phone. James Risen and Eric Lichtblau eventually won the Pulitzer Prize for their work in uncovering the scandal that touched the highest levels of our government.
The Risen and Lichtblau investigation sparked another important development: it showed former AT&T employee Mark Klein the context of the work he did in a secret room in San Francisco. Mr. Klein decided the time had come for him to blow the whistle himself. His evidence formed the backbone of our class-action lawsuit against AT&T.
But this whistleblowing does not come without risk. The Newsweek article includes a harrowing account of an FBI raid on Tamm's home. And he is still worried about facing legal charges for his actions. But without Tamm, America may have never learned about this massive illegal spying by the National Security Agency, and we all owe him our thanks.
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