That is honest and it wouldn't be "dumb" (I assume you actually mean stupid, rather than mute)
snoopcester Send a noteboard - 18/03/2010 12:19:58 AM
Pet hate of mine but I feel that common use of mute is a pretty offensive thing to do.
You completely miss my point... you are giving a pretty simple minded answer, to drag it down to the kind of terms you are using for this. Could they bring him in alive? There is a fair chance of it. It is it a good decision on pretty much any level? No, no it really isn't.
The best option by some distance is a dead bin Laden, and the ability to bring him in alive can get screwed because that is a stupid move that creates almost as many problems as it solves.
Yes. Because it is - we are talking about a hypothetical that to me is more like asking "so, how are the anti-Martian defenses in Houston?" or "So how will the international court of human rights prosecute ghost Mao?"
Could happen... but really, really unlikely and an honest answer is to admit that, rather than play politics like you want him to.
That's not honest, and it's also a dumb answer fir him to give. If he knows anything about HRT, SF, SAS, etc tactics he'd know that depending on the circumstances capture could easily be the highest probable outcome. A night time assault could easily have his guards overwhelmed and him on the floor being zip-tied before he even knew what was happening, it would just depend on the circumstances.
You completely miss my point... you are giving a pretty simple minded answer, to drag it down to the kind of terms you are using for this. Could they bring him in alive? There is a fair chance of it. It is it a good decision on pretty much any level? No, no it really isn't.
The best option by some distance is a dead bin Laden, and the ability to bring him in alive can get screwed because that is a stupid move that creates almost as many problems as it solves.
It's also irrelevant, he knew what the question was, he, the Attorney General, was being asked a hypothetical question about what is supposed to be his area of expertise by definition. If the head of Homeland Security got asked by congress 'If Houston was nuked by a suitcase bomb, what would the response be?' and she replied 'well, I think that's unlikely, a nuke would likely be set off in NYC or DC, so it's a pointless question.' both parties would be expecting her resignation by week's end. You gonna say her answering a question like that wouldn't be ducking but 'too honest'?
Yes. Because it is - we are talking about a hypothetical that to me is more like asking "so, how are the anti-Martian defenses in Houston?" or "So how will the international court of human rights prosecute ghost Mao?"
Could happen... but really, really unlikely and an honest answer is to admit that, rather than play politics like you want him to.
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AG Eric Holder evades questioning
- 17/03/2010 05:34:40 PM
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Why should he be read miranda rights?
- 17/03/2010 05:50:29 PM
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Why should location matter when dealing with a borderless threat like al-Qaeda? *NM*
- 17/03/2010 10:20:08 PM
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You'd rather he walk free on a technicality?
- 17/03/2010 11:28:30 PM
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- 18/03/2010 07:14:56 AM
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Last I checked, al-Qaeda isn't a party to the Geneva Convention.
- 18/03/2010 09:16:15 AM
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That only means they are not entitled to its protections - in other words, they are fair game.
- 19/03/2010 10:25:50 PM
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Well, I guess it depends whether you want to try him, doesn't it?
- 19/03/2010 11:34:34 PM
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*shrugs*
- 17/03/2010 11:10:47 PM
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That doesn't seem very logical
- 18/03/2010 12:03:21 AM
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That is honest and it wouldn't be "dumb" (I assume you actually mean stupid, rather than mute)
- 18/03/2010 12:19:58 AM
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It is very possible
- 18/03/2010 02:12:21 AM
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Re: It is very possible
- 18/03/2010 02:31:59 AM
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You do remember "I do not recall" Gonzalez right? *NM*
- 18/03/2010 02:38:48 AM
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Actually not really, I was out of the country for almost his entire tenure
- 18/03/2010 02:41:13 AM
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Pretty much there was some political firings of Us Attorneys
- 18/03/2010 02:56:01 AM
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I remember a little of that
- 18/03/2010 03:16:27 AM
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Gonzales flat out lied to congress
- 18/03/2010 03:29:14 AM
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Seems he could answer the question without evasion or producing a soundbite
- 18/03/2010 04:12:04 AM
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I don't think I agree with that.
- 18/03/2010 02:04:48 PM
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Fair enough
- 18/03/2010 02:40:42 PM
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You guys are forgetting the intel aspect.
- 18/03/2010 09:40:53 PM
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do we know how much he actually knows?
- 18/03/2010 09:49:50 PM
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Kinda hard to find out if he knows anything if he's dead *NM*
- 18/03/2010 09:56:18 PM
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that was totally not my question 
- 19/03/2010 12:10:06 AM
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- 19/03/2010 12:10:06 AM
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Most people include congressmen/women don't understand Miranda rights,most people don't know the Law
- 18/03/2010 02:08:10 AM
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I can understand why he'd want to evade answering.
- 18/03/2010 03:23:04 AM
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I can understand why statesman would want to avoid painting himself into a corner.
- 29/03/2010 02:26:34 PM
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