It's funny to think how ANGRY I was at the system yesterday.
There are thirty-something people in the FBI that speak any Arabic at all.
Fluently? Somewhere in the teens.
WTF!?
Now let's talk about Guantanamo's child.
Captured at FIFTEEN years old. Fifteen?!?
Charged of five war crimes, one of which is killing a soldier....
That's basically the only one. The others are versions of that.
But I honestly can not understand the logic behind killing a soldier being a war crime.
I mean, don't get me wrong. I don't like war BECAUSE I don't like killing.
But hello? That's what war is! If none of them killed our soldiers there would be no "war" for the "crime" to take place in.
It's inherently contradictory.
I think the deal is... We don't admit that there is actually a war by declaring it so we can make up the rules as we go along, like so. No. I really just can't understand except to the degree of Mista Bush having no respect for the simple rule of law.
Back to the guy's story. So there was a massive exchange of fire, 5 member of the fifteen year olds family/ friends/ whatever were killed in it. The soldiers come in, he's hiding, a grenade is thrown.
His guilt was never in question until like, last week, when it was leaked that there was actually one other person alive in the house at the time, a detail which, presumably, they were not planning on releasing at all.
Dirtbag, much?
That other person who was alive at the time is no longer.
But... when you've got a couple dozen US army guys complete with helicopter assistance and 5 of your family member just done got killed and you're a pre-teen? At that point I'd consider anything you do self-defense. There would be no repercussions for one of those white guys who don't even speak your language popping a bullet in you and an Afghan boy is going to expect even less of them than we do.
I don't know why I'm trying to argue anything because I'm failing miserably anyhow and, if you're not completely biased from the get-go, you should reach the same conclusion just knowing the facts.
Poor kid.
If you want you can even add
Poor ((probably) brainwashed) kid.
When I talk about this I catch myself using words and phrases I HATE.
Words and phrases the other side usually uses.
When you start hearing ME using words like "Rule of law" and "justice" you know something has gone VERY VERY wrong.
We're in violation of who knows how many treaties involving child-soldiers.
Our constitution is obliterated.
WTF!?
But back to voting.
I've been such a bum. I didn't even work the polls. But my mom did.
And when I got there she was midway talking to the most adorable old man who asked her to fill out his candidate ballot choice thingy for him saying THREE count 'em THREE times "I want to vote for the pro-choice candidates. Just make who are the pro-choice candidates" AWWWW!!!
I don't feel too bad though, cuz I mean... I did put in a few dozen hours for Roy Carter over the months before this one when I started bummin
and since the General Election will probably be my LIFEEEEEE
especialllly since I'll be at American
I'm content to bum for now.
