Showing posts with label Condoleezza Rice. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Condoleezza Rice. Show all posts

Thursday, December 11, 2014

Dreaming Of The Hague

Senate Report: US Torture
The Justice Department announce that it will 
not prosecute any US officials implicated.

"The interrogations were "absolutely, totally justified." Dick Cheney

Republican Senator John McCain, a former prisoner of war who was tortured in Vietnam, praised the report's release and said harsh interrogations did little to make Americans safer.

"Those of us who want to see a safer, more secure world want to see extremism defeated. We won't succeed if we lose our moral authority." British Prime Minister David Cameron

Check this cool place in the Netherlands, The International Criminal Court. It has the jurisdiction to prosecute individuals for the international crimes of genocide, crimes against humanity, and war crimes and it may one day be able to exercise jurisdiction over the crime of aggression. here

Thursday, March 21, 2013

Tampa Bay's Iraq War Dead

46 service members from this region have perished in the war as of March 19, 2013:
• Army Capt. James Adamouski, 29, Tampa. Iraq, April 2, 2003.
• Marine Lance Cpl. Andrew J. Aviles, 18, Tampa. Iraq, April 7, 2003.
• Army Pfc. Roberto C. Baez, 19, Tampa. Iraq, Oct. 3, 2005.
• Army Pfc. Brandon K. Bobb, 20, Riverview. Iraq, July 17, 2007.
• Army Sgt. Dennis J. Boles, 46, Homosassa. Kuwait (Iraq War), Oct. 24, 2004.
• Marine Lance Cpl. Brian Rory Buesing, 20, Cedar Key Iraq, March 23, 2003.
• Army Spc. David A. Croft Jr., 22, Plant City. Iraq, Jan. 5, 2010.
• Army Staff Sgt. Wilbert Davis, 40, Tampa. Iraq, April 3, 2003.
• Army Pfc. Marc A. Delgado, 21, Lithia. Iraq, Nov. 24, 2005.
• Marine Lance Cpl. Joshua W. Dickinson, 25, New Port Richey. Iraq, Dec. 12, 2004.
• Army Sgt. Dennis J. Flanagan, 22, Inverness. Iraq, Jan. 20, 2006.
• Army Sgt. Denis J. Gallardo, 22, St. Petersburg. Iraq, Nov. 22, 2005.
• Navy Petty Officer 3rd Class Ronald A. Ginther, 37, Auburndale. Iraq, May 2, 2004.
• Army Spc. Cody C. Grater, 20, Spring Hill. Iraq, July 29, 2007.
• Army Staff Sgt. John L. Hartman Jr., 39, Tampa. Iraq, Nov. 30, 2006.
• Air Force 1st Lt. Joseph D. Helton, 24, Tampa. Iraq, Sept. 8, 2009.
• Army Sgt. 1st Class David A. Heringes, 36, Tampa. Iraq, Aug. 24, 2007.
• Army Sgt. William R. Howdeshell, 37, St. Petersburg. Iraq, July 26, 2007.
• Army Spc. Arturo Huerta-Cruz, 23, Clearwater. Iraq, April 14, 2008.
• Army Sgt. Bryan Luckey, 25, Tampa. Iraq, June 29, 2006. Army
•Sgt. Marcus C. Mathes, 26, Zephyrhills. Iraq, April 28, 2008.
•Army Sgt. Benjamin E. Mejia, 25, Tampa. Iraq, May 31, 2006.
• Army Pfc. Patrick J. Miller, 23, New Port Richey. Iraq, March 29, 2008.
• Marine Sgt. Lea Robert Mills, 21, Masaryktown. Iraq, April 28, 2006.
• Army Pfc. Jody W. Missildine, 19, Plant City. Iraq, April 8, 2006.
• Army Pfc. Louis Niedermeier, 20, Largo. Iraq, June 1, 2005.
• Army Pfc. Cody J. Orr, 21, Ruskin. Iraq, Jan. 17, 2004.
• Marine Lance Cpl. James R. Phillips, 21, Plant City. Iraq, Dec. 23, 2004.
• Army Staff Sgt. Michael B. Quinn, 37, Tampa. Iraq, May 27, 2003.
• Army Cpl. John T. Rivero, 23, Tampa. Kuwait (Iraq War), April 17, 2003.
• Army Spc. Alexis Roman-Cruz, 33, Brandon. Iraq, Nov. 16, 2005.
• Army Pfc. Jonathan M. Rossi, 20, Safety Harbor. Iraq, July 1, 2007.
• Army Sgt. Michael D. Rowe, 23, New Port Richey. Iraq, March 28, 2006.
• Army 2nd Lt. Charles R. Rubado, 23, Clearwater. Iraq, Aug. 29, 2005.
• Army Spc. Raymond A. Salerno, 27, Land O'Lakes. Iraq, July 16, 2006.
• Army Staff Sgt. Wentz J. H. Shanaberger III, 33, Zephyrhills. Iraq, March 24, 2004.
• Army 1st Lt. Kevin J. Smith, 28, Brandon. Iraq, Dec. 8, 2005.
• Army Sgt. 1st Class Paul R. Smith, 33, Tampa. Iraq, April 4, 2003.
• Army Sgt. James D. Stewart, 29, St. Petersburg. Iraq, June 21, 2005.
• Army Sgt. Robert Surber, 24, Inverness. Iraq, June 3, 2007.
• Army Maj. David G. Taylor Jr., 37, Tampa. Iraq, Oct. 22, 2006.
• Army Sgt. Antwan L. Walker, 22, Tampa. Iraq, May 18, 2005.
• Marine Lance Cpl. Kevin G. Waruinge, 22, Tampa. Iraq, Aug. 3, 2005.
• Army Chief Warrant Officer Aaron A. Weaver, 32, Floral City. Iraq, Jan. 8, 2004.
• Marine Lance Cpl. Nicholas Wilt, 23, Tampa. Iraq, Sept. 3, 2004.
• Army Lt. Col. Peter E. Winston, 56, Plant City. Iraq, Nov. 13, 2006.
Compiled from Times files, Associated Press casualty databases.

Wednesday, March 20, 2013

Crimes Against Humanity

It seems that my memory has been on  steroids these last few days. On this the 10th  Anniversary of the Iraq war there are so many things to remember. Not only the birth of this blog but how hard i tried to show my family and friends the huge mistake we were about to make. I remember Michael Moore and the way he was maligned and ridicule, i remember the Dixie chicks and the way they were treated. I remember the millions of protesters all over the world. I remember the ban on photos of soldiers' coffins as they returned.  I remember Free speech zones (also known as First Amendment Zones) or Free speech cages, I remember our  brave politicians who spoke up people like Florida's Robert Graham, Howard Dean, Lincoln Chafee, Barrack Obama, Carl Levin, Nancy Pelosi, The late Paul Wellstone, Daniel Akaka, Barbara Boxer, Robert Byrd,Ron Paul, Jon Corzine, Richard Durbin,Russell Feingold, Daniel Inouye James Jeffords, The late Edward Kennedy and many more. But most of all i think of this wonderful place called  The Hague in the Netherlands, a place where they take war criminals and people who have committed crimes against humanity. The sad part is there are people that belong there
 that never make it.