Memo to President Obama

I think the issue of enhanced interrogation is complicated. Those that were waterboarded were "enemy combatants" and not POWs. The Geneva Convention therefore did not apply to these individuals. That said, the question of whether waterboarding is legal (by U.S. and/or U.N. standards) is a fair one and should be looked into by the attorney general. What should also be examined is whether or not these techniques saved lives. Is it worth causing physical discomfort to a known terrorist to save the lives of thousands? If one answers no, then how many people would have to be sacrificed in order for one to permit waterboarding? Suppose the fate of Mecca and Medina depended on getting information from a rogue Mossad agent who refused to talk? Would one just ask politely and then just give up?<a href="http://anunturi-gratuite.prahova-online.com/"> anunturi</a>

Yup we have had 7 years of safety without bombs going off in our streets and people beheaded. Lets all get nice and warm with those who want to do us harm, be nice and maybe they kill us in a humane manner. Great idea.

The author can make his point but keep "Global Warming" out of the conversation if you want to be considered somewhat intelligent. The polar icecaps (both poles)have grown tremendously this past winter season at each pole, we are having one of the coldest winters ina few decades, scientists are beginning to de-bunk Al Gore's "feel-good, emotional scientists"....Wake up and smell the coffee. The sun and sun spots has so much more to do about the temperature of the earth than green house gases.

Why make something difficult !!!
Sen. McCain-Business as usual.
Sen.Hillary Clinron-To close to the Bush Family.
Sen Barack Obama- Turn the page so the American, citenzry can finally SPEAK .

Excellent points. I really enjoyed this article!

When it is all said and done, this is becoming by far one of the most interesting races to the White House we have seen in years. McCain, Clinton or Obama? It will still be politics as usual. I just hope that which ever of those three is #44, he or she will be able to make things better. Right now everything is such a hugh mess. I don't count Clinton out, because as we all know, anything can happen in politics in America. We got Buch 43 didn't we? The most important thing is that the American people get out and vote. And, hopfully #44 can fix some of the mess we are in.

This comment refers to your article, "Memo to President Obama", where you mention the right of a people to "dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another" in the U.S. Declaration of Independence. What no American or foreign reporter ever mentions is that the U.S. almost one century after independence, fought a much bloodier, yet successful, struggle in order to deny the right of secession to territories that were not just provinces but at least nominally separate states participating in a federation or union. If not understood already I am talking about the Civil War.

So the U.S. when invoking their principles in international relationships should make more clear what they stand for if possible. Because in the case of Yugoslavia for example the central federal government was not allowed to apply the same right that the U.S. central government used during the Civil War: to impose its will on the states participating in the Union. After that was achieved and Yugoslavia was finally dissolved, the same "principle" was extended to provinces like Kosovo. It would be nice of the U.S. government to let us know what would be the reaction if one or more states were to secede from the Union today. Wouldn't they invoke the precedent set by the victory in the Civil War? Or would this precedent be voided wrt Kosovo?

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Nicholas Ksi

If Hillary was in the lead, would you give the same advice to Hillary. I think not. Except for the way Hillary voted on the war, you and Hillary seem to be equal in your liberalism. It's Obama's new tone which bothers you and most liberals like you. It seems your doing the same thing Hillary is doing. Reminding Obama of his core Democrat principles. Why does Obama rhetoric about hope and change bother you so much. It's comes across so clearly in what you have written. Your scared to death Obama won't continue on the doom and gloom ideology of the Democrat party. Obama doesn't need to be told how to attack President Bush on the war in Iraq or foreign policy. He just needs to win the Presidency first. I can see it's hard to break out of the intense and upset all the time which the voters have picked up on with Hillary. Just because Obama isn't negative all the time, doesn't mean he has abandoned his core Democrat principles.

On SUNDAY??
OH No She Didn't.??

SHAME ON YOU HOLLARY !!!
For Todays (SUNDAY) Sacrelege, blasphemy, and Atheism..
Mocking the Christian belief in Salvation.
Poking fun and Sarcasm at Believing that Heaven can Open up the sky to those who believe. Laughing at the notion that there are Celestial Angelic Choirs in the Heavens, Hurling sarcasm at those who would believe they can hear. Laughing at Hope.. Laughing at GOD..!!!
Hillary..Can you say Moses?
Did he not part the Red Sea and free his people from the Pharoh?
Who are you Hillary Rodham to tell us all not to believe that all things are possible through our Lord Our God?
It is dillusional to Hope The Lord God would ever extend his ever redeeming, ever forgiving ever everlasting Love to Our Nation? To America and her United States Citizens??
Its dillusional On SUNDAY to think this could be possible ?? 2/24/08
One thing is certain..It won't be possible under your leadership. You are a non-believer.
I suppose that deceased Dallas Police Officers family should abandon any HOPE for his Salvation. His life was lost performing a difficult and demanding job too. There aint NO GOD coming for him either. Right Hillary??
May God have mercy on your immortal soul Hillary Rodham.
SHAME ON YOU HILLARY RODHAM
The Lord works in mysterious ways....
And today God exposed your true dark soul to the world. And In so doing, the Nation and the World will be better served.

Oh please, Christian fundamentalism is no way similar to the blood thirsty track record of Islamic Fundamentalism. We dont see Chirstian children strapping bombs to themselves to blow up innocent civilians, Christians firing rockets into Israel and hiding behind civilians, hacking off arms and legs for minor violations of laws, killing female relatives for honor killings, executing women for talking to men, etc., Chiriants immigrating in large numbers to foreign contries and trying to impose their laws on the indigents, the list goes on and on. Terrorism is rooted into Islam and they come hand in hand. Sooner or later we will be forced to see them as one and the same, the question will be if America will not relize it until it is on every street in our towns.

Hello,
This is a request that the Clinton - Obama press coverage be actually "fair and even". As a regular watcher of your political news programs I find that there is an overt Obama slant to most every story. The news readers take every liberty they are able to when the Clinton name comes up. There is NEVER a positive regarding Senator Clinton. This is stoutly unfair and heavy handed; it's obvious where the editorial stand in the sand has been taken: Obama.
MSNBC has the responsibility to report the truth and NOT ATTEMPT TO SUBMARINE the Clinton Presidency. This is VERY FAR FROM OVER. Come to Ohio and find out the truth.
Thank you and Best Regards,

Obama said in 2002 "Im not against war in all circumstances, Im against dumb wars." Obama knows we really have to get the war on terror back on track after the "dumb" Iraq policy. Its incredibly stupid to say that since 9/11 nothing comparable has happened. They have attempted many horrendous attacks in London which were thwarted by British intelligence, attacks which would have even surpassed 9/11.

Senator Obama's comment that the war in Iraq is a distraction is half right. Actually the war on terror is a distraction that is destroying the United States both economically and socially, as well as affecting its relations with other countries. I don't live in the United States, but I am an American who served in the Marine Corps in Vietnam. I returned for 50 weeks to the US from July 2005 to July 2006 after having lived outside it for over 20 years. I had been on short trips to the US, but what I saw and experienced during my 50 week stay, compared to earlier trips before 9/11 to the US, was a country suffering from malaise, a socially dysfunctiuonal society unable to focus on resolving it's internal problems ranging from inadequate health care, to failing public schools, to a country that has spent itself broke. The BBC last Friday had an article on its web "Fading mobility troubles Americans". THe Brookings Institution released a report that summarized social mobility in the US being similar to Mexico, Brazil, and Pakistan. Of the War on Terror, an Obama administration, will need to focus on the problem cited by the Brookings Institution, or the United States will have a real war on terror within its own borders between its own citizens, not too unlike the former Yugoslavia.