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which issue is legal?
If the government is going to prosecute the war criminals who were involved with prisoner abuse and water boarding, then OK...
our special forces went into foreign countries, took prisoners, and transported them back to Guitmo for processing. All done under the Bush administration.
Would it be proper then to prosecute Seal Team 6 and all service members affiliated with the Bin Laden raid (under Obama) for the same exact crimes ?
Further if Bush should have been impeached, then what about Obama.
Or is this just another example of the liberals double speak and wishy washy morals.
yes, they are very similar actions because both were following orders of POTUS. If one is legal then both should be legal. You can't or change the facts to suite publicity stunts by politicians.
Additionally you must consider under BUsh there was a declared war. Currently there was no declared war in Pakistan (a supposed ally), and there was no declared war in Libya. Both were open and obvious acts of war committed by a president outside the provisions of the War Powers Act.
So we are back to the double standard part aren't we.
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- WRGLv 71 decade agoFavorite Answer
The government has only prosecuted a very small number of people for misdeeds and most of them were because of unauthorized action at Abu Gra prison. No US serviceman has been charged with going into a foreign country to take prisoners.
The SEALs were obviously working under direct orders from the President (hell he watched the mission go down).
- Anonymous1 decade ago
They're NOT the same exact crimes.
- 1 decade ago
they were not persecuted because of bin laden committed a crime with of death penalty (treason, and terrorism)
- Anonymous1 decade ago
dud... life is not fair.... and Obama is defenetly someone people should get back on but they prob arnt....
