{"id":547,"date":"2009-11-13T16:21:39","date_gmt":"2009-11-13T23:21:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/muffinbottoms.org\/?p=547"},"modified":"2015-09-08T07:20:40","modified_gmt":"2015-09-08T14:20:40","slug":"from-a-soldier-to-a-senator","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/muffinbottoms.org\/?p=547","title":{"rendered":"From a Soldier To A Senator"},"content":{"rendered":"

OK, this is mostly an open letter to Senator McCain, but Lieberman and a few other menaces to society should listen up too.
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\nDear Senator McCain,<\/p>\n

I’m addressing this to you but it’s for many others as well.<\/p>\n

As a veteran, I’m speaking soldier to soldier to you, but I’m also speaking soldier to civilian to so many other people in your camp who believe we should not give a fair trial to the terror suspects. Lastly, I’m speaking soldier to draft dodger to a few of the remaining people in your camp who feel the way you do.<\/p>\n

You think it’s inconceivable? You think these human beings should not be tried in a court of law?<\/p>\n

You think it sends a mixed message??? How much clearer can it be Mr McCain.<\/p>\n

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Or to quote my very first drill instructor ever, it’s that
\nsimple, private! If freedom is worth fighting for, then it is worth
\ntrying people in our courts of law under the laws that apply to them.
\nHave you never read up on Alien Tort? Have you never read the Amistad
\ndecision, both majority and minority? Please do. Please get your head
\nout of your sphincter, stop running for office for a few precious minutes
\nand for once try to remember what it was like when YOU fought for the due
\nprocess you deserved as a citizen of the United States, as a human being
\nand as a soldier and warrior.<\/p>\n

Can you not afford that same inalienable right to your enemies? I bet you
\ncan’t. I can. I have that much confidence.<\/p>\n

Or are you perhaps afraid that some of these horrible people will finger
\nyou in their open court cases that you are so desperately and aggressively
\nblocking!!!<\/p>\n

Maybe you had something to hide during 9\/11? I’m NOT accusing you, I’m just
\nasking. Maybe you’re not really on the side against torture afterall. How
\ncan you reconcile being against due process and for human rights?<\/p>\n

How can you? Tell me this. I need to know.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

OK, this is mostly an open letter to Senator McCain, but Lieberman and a few other menaces to society should listen up too. Dear Senator McCain, I’m addressing this to you but it’s for many others as well. As a veteran, I’m speaking soldier to soldier to you, but I’m also speaking soldier to civilian […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,13,10,21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-547","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-academic","category-mundane-or-sublime","category-news","category-oped"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/muffinbottoms.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/547","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/muffinbottoms.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/muffinbottoms.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/muffinbottoms.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/muffinbottoms.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=547"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"http:\/\/muffinbottoms.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/547\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1152,"href":"http:\/\/muffinbottoms.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/547\/revisions\/1152"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/muffinbottoms.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=547"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/muffinbottoms.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=547"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/muffinbottoms.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=547"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}