Oh, for crying out loud
Oct. 12th, 2008 02:51 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
pecuniumThe Gov't says that releasing 17 prisoners (dissidents, from China) might pose a threat to the US.
Why?
In arguing that there would be danger if the 17 detainees were to be released into the U.S., the Department said “virtually all” 17 had testified at Pentagon hearings or told government interviewers that they had gone to Afghanistan “to seek weapons training to fight the Chinese Government.” Their training included the use of assault weapons, it added.
Yep, you read that right, 17 people who know how to aim a rifle pose so grave a threat to the 300 million people who live in the US they have to be detained indefinitely. SCOTUS Blog
I'm so glad they thought of that before they started letting people who have histories of violent crimes, and even gang members, join the US Army; where they could get training in the effective use of "assault weapons" and maybe even time in a combat zone to practice in real world conditions.
I'm glad they are being so diligent in looking out for us. Those 17 hate China so much they might to something really drastic.
Why?
In arguing that there would be danger if the 17 detainees were to be released into the U.S., the Department said “virtually all” 17 had testified at Pentagon hearings or told government interviewers that they had gone to Afghanistan “to seek weapons training to fight the Chinese Government.” Their training included the use of assault weapons, it added.
Yep, you read that right, 17 people who know how to aim a rifle pose so grave a threat to the 300 million people who live in the US they have to be detained indefinitely. SCOTUS Blog
I'm so glad they thought of that before they started letting people who have histories of violent crimes, and even gang members, join the US Army; where they could get training in the effective use of "assault weapons" and maybe even time in a combat zone to practice in real world conditions.
I'm glad they are being so diligent in looking out for us. Those 17 hate China so much they might to something really drastic.
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Date: 2008-10-13 01:51 am (UTC)