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HK

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On Fri, 08 Aug 2008 10:59:01 +0000, Short Wave Sportfishing wrote:

It's all a huge conspiracy.

Yeah but, I you'll notice most, not all, conspiracy theories come into
being because there are so many holes in the original. By modern
standards, the Warren Commission Report on the Kennedy assassination left
lots to be desired. Perhaps, if the Bush administration had done a
better job of "selling" the war, if we had actually found some WMD, if
the "yellow cake" from Niger wasn't based on forged Italian documents, if
Saddam's ties to Al Qaeda were conclusive, we wouldn't have so many
"conspiracy theories". On the other hand, those that believe we never
landed on the moon, are just nuts. I have personally seen the Alurian
mothership that took Armstrong and Aldrin there when I was working at
Area 51.

My favorite conspiracy theory of late was put to rest yesterday when
Osama bin Laden's driver drew, in effect, a six-month sentence in the
face of the lying Bush Administration's calls for a 30-year sentence:

"GUANTANAMO BAY NAVY BASE, Cuba -- In a stunning rebuke, a six-member
U.S. military jury Thursday ignored a Pentagon prosecutor's plea for a
30 years-plus term and ordered Osama bin Laden's driver to 66 months in
prison.

With credit for time served given by the judge, that means Salim Hamdan,
40, of Yemen will be eligible to return home by January.

Choked with emotion on hearing the sentence, Hamdan stood and addressed
the jury, unscripted, and twice more apologized for any pain his work as
a $200-a-month driver had caused. "And I would like to thank you for
what you have done for me," he said.

The jury's decision, after just 70 minutes of deliberation, was a huge
rebuke to the U.S. government, which had insisted that on his conviction
for material support for terror no less than 30 years confinement would
suffice.

He is the first war-on-terror captive convicted at the first contested
U.S. war crimes tribunal since World War II."

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Not only was Hamdan the first, the government claimed several times its
case against him was "the strongest."

More and more, the Bush Administration's statements and claims regarding
the reasons for its war against Iraq are being revealed as complete
fabrications.

Oh, and the political reunification that was the major reason for the
surge? It ain't happening.

--
Republicans - They Take Special Pride in their Ignorance.