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Originally posted by Eurisko2012
reply to post by rusethorcain
Obamas approval ratings will crash even further if he treats the
next terrorist like a common criminal.
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I have a prediction. When Obama leaves the White House in January 2013 Gitmo will still be open.
Originally posted by whatukno
reply to post by Eurisko2012
Is that what the enemy is telling you? Clue in, they always tell you that we have killed innocent civilians. They always march bodies out for the cameras and tell people that they were innocent civilians.
Now when you take a prisoner of war, call him a "illegal combatant" as justification for torture. That's a war crime.
Originally posted by Eurisko2012
reply to post by whatukno
Well Obama doesn't have a choice.
He has to flip flop and change course.
BTW, i am FOR Obama changing direction on the terrorists.
Originally posted by Sean48
reply to post by Eurisko2012
Good evening Euri
Well lets see what this thread is about.
Ah, Obama bashing thread.
Good to see your consistent.
Originally posted by CanadianDream420
This is soo weak.
THOSE MURDERS ATTACKED CIVILIANS, not a military base. + those terrorists aren't part of any organized military...
*sigh*
Bush.. Where are you?
Operation Pastorius
Main article: Operation Pastorius
When the United States entered World War II, Adolf Hitler ordered the remaining German saboteurs to wreak havoc on the country. The responsibility for carrying this out was given to German Intelligence (Abwehr). In June 1942, eight agents were recruited and divided into two teams: the first, commanded by George John Dasch, with Ernst Peter Burger, Heinrich Heinck and Richard Quirin; the second, under the command of Edward Kerling, with Hermann Neubauer, Werner Thiel and Herbert Haupt.
On June 12, 1942, the U-boat U-202 landed Dasch's team with explosives and plans at East Hampton, Long Island, New York.[8] Their mission was to destroy power plants at Niagara Falls and three Aluminum Company of America (ALCOA) factories in Illinois, Tennessee and New York. Dasch instead turned himself in to the FBI, providing them with a complete account of the planned mission, which led to the arrest of the entire team.
Kerling's team landed from U-584 at Ponte Vedra Beach (25 miles [40 km] south-east of Jacksonville, Florida), on June 17. They were tasked with laying mines in four areas: the Pennsylvania Railroad in Newark, New Jersey, canal sluices in both St. Louis and Cincinnati, and New York City's water supply pipes. The team made their way to Cincinnati, Ohio and split up, with two going to Chicago, Illinois and the others to New York. The Dasch confession led to the arrest of all of the men by July 10.
All eight German agents were tried, convicted by the Military Commission, with six men sentenced to death. President Roosevelt approved the sentences. The constitutionality of the military commissions was upheld by the Supreme Court in Ex parte Quirin and the six men were executed by electrocution on August 8.