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When is a war crime not a war crime?

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Cheney ordered waterboading.

What part of "Cheney didn't commit a war crime" don't the liberal bloggers understand?

Wouldn't a few Americans be more comfortable if Dick Cheney had, on Valentine's Day, said "Tell Mr. DeMille, I'm ready for my close-up" than they are with the Cheney's version of the "You have to have men who are moral... and at the same time who are able to utilize their primordial instincts to kill without feeling... without passion... without judgment... without judgment! Because it's judgment that defeats us" speech from the "Apocalypse Now" movie.

Hermann Hess in "If the War Goes on . . ." wrote: "The war, in other words, is a treasure that must be preserved at any cost."

Now, the disk jockey will play "Agent Orange Song," by Country Joe, "War Pigs" by Black Sabbath, and "Your Flag Decal Won't Get You Into Heaven Anymore" by John Prine. We have to goose-step out of here and go look for some new clothes. Have a "May all your war crimes be good ones" type week.

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