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  • Monday, January 5, 2009 01:50 PM

    --Hankest

    Among a list of other things, I would say bombing aspirin factories in the Sudan, and erforming "extrodinary rendition" as illegal, both happened under Clinton's watch.

    Please provide proof that mistargeting (by someone) is a violation of law. Had that asprin factory been a chemical weapons factory, would its bombing have been illegal?

    Please provide similar proof that the "extrodinary" (sic) renditions which occured under the Clinton administration were against the law realizing, of course, that the term extraordinary rendition pertains to both legal and illegal renditions.

    Would you care to try some of the "among other things"?

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