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Title: Donald Trump: I Would Not Order Military to Violate Laws, Treaties with Torture
Source: Breitbart
URL Source: http://www.breitbart.com/national-s ... te-laws-treaties-with-torture/
Published: Mar 4, 2016
Author: Breitbart News
Post Date: 2016-03-04 17:41:12 by cranky
Keywords: None
Views: 4671
Comments: 33

Donald Trump backs off from his statement on torture and the military from Thursday night’s Republican presidential debate.

From the Wall Street Journal:

Leading GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump said Friday he wouldn’t order the U.S. military to break international laws, addressing criticism from military and legal experts that his policies regarding torture and killing the family members of terrorists would violate the Geneva Convention.

Mr. Trump, in a statement to The Wall Street Journal, said he would “use every legal power that I have to stop these terrorist enemies. I do, however, understand that the United States is bound by laws and treaties and I will not order our military or other officials to violate those laws and will seek their advice on such matters. I will not order a military officer to disobey the law. It is clear that as president I will be bound by laws just like all Americans and I will meet those responsibilities.”

This appears to be a reversal from Thursday night’s GOP debate in Detroit, when Mr. Trump stood by earlier proposals to do things that were a “hell of a lot worse” than waterboarding terrorist suspects and also authorize the military to kill family members of terrorists.

“I’ve always been a leader,” he said Thursday night. “I’ve never had any problem leading people. If I say do it, they’re going to do it. That’s what leadership is all about.”

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#8. To: (#0)

In a burst of ebullience and anger, a regular man says things that, on reflection, he realizes go to far.

So shortly thereafter words he says "Yesterday I said this, but I know that goes to far. So with reflection, here's what I really think."

Now, this is what we expect of spouses and friends, of children and teachers. We get pissed off, and rightly, when cops or school administrators or other officials take a strong, wrong position in the heat of the moment, and then refuse to back down.

So, here's Donald Trump being PERFECTLY SENSIBLE, a PERFECTLY NORMAL PERSON - yeah, I went too far, sorry, look, here's what I really think and would do.

And we've got the peanut gallery jumping all over him as a flip-flopper. What is it that you unappeasables want, precisely? That politicians say nothing, ever, unless they are prepared to never back down. The cop pulls you over for speeding. He sees your wife is having a baby. You want him to say "Fuck you, asshole, You were speeding. I pulled you over, and I'm not going to be reasonable" and then pepper spray everybody in the car and beat the hell out of you for good measure?

If you are perfect and never, ever, in your life, had to reverse yourself. never made a mistake - then you are a politician - that's the way they talk. And you're also a goddakned liar because no hiuman being exists who hasn't blown it.

Trump went too far with his torture 'em speech. He was fired up and angry at all of the prevaricating politicians and all of the poitical correctness. He went overboard -and then he thought about it overnight and pulled back.

This is GOOD.

If you think it shows that Trump is bad, weak, a flip-flopper, then you really do deserve to be pepper spratyed by the cop for speeding your wife to the hospital. You want public officials to never admit they're wrong, and never back down? Then you're an idiot, and you're going to get lied to all the time by politicians who never admit they were wrong.

That's what you want, that's what you get.

Trump is different, and his kind of difference is good. If he was wrong, he changes his mind. He WAS wrong about torture, so he changed his position, quickly. This isn't weakness. What OTHER politician do you ever see changing his mind and admitting he went overboard?

Who? When?

You LIKE politicians to pretend they're superman and never admit when they blow it. You LIKE to be lied to!

Vicomte13  posted on  2016-03-05   11:07:56 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply  


#9. To: Vicomte13 (#8)

Trump went too far with his torture 'em speech. He was fired up and angry at all of the prevaricating politicians and all of the poitical correctness. He went overboard -and then he thought about it overnight and pulled back.

This is GOOD.

As long as no one acted on his orders until he could revoke them, I guess, there's no harm done.

But for a guy who always felt that he was in the military because of his time at New York Military Academy not to know that illegal or unlawful orders need not be carried out by subordinates is pretty ignorant, imho.

That is BAD.

cranky  posted on  2016-03-05   11:44:23 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply  


#10. To: cranky (#9)

It's not bad. It's good.

Trump is going to be a great president. The fearful will wet themselves, but it will be ok.

Vicomte13  posted on  2016-03-05   12:25:26 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply  


#12. To: Vicomte13 (#10)

Trump is going to be a great president.

That depends on what the meaning of the word great is.

cranky  posted on  2016-03-05   13:25:57 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply  


#13. To: cranky (#12)

In the line of Timberland the great

paraclete  posted on  2016-03-05   16:25:36 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply  


#30. To: paraclete (#13)

Timberland the great

Tamerlane (aka Timur)?

cranky  posted on  2016-03-06   11:04:42 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply  


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#32. To: cranky (#30)

Blasted auto correct

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