House Proceeding 11-16-09 on Nov 16th, 2009 :: 2:43:35 to 2:46:15
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John B. Shadegg: the war criminals that they are, that they've admitted to be. otherwise we put our nation at great risk. mr. shadegg: i think the gentleman says it right. i appr be here on the floor and chat with him. clearly i happen to be from arizona, i happen to be from the home state of john mccain. i happen to believe that there is in fact a duty to treat

2:43:35 to 2:46:15( Edit History Discussion )
Speech By: John B. Shadegg

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John B. Shadegg: criminals within the bounds of international law. be beaten, they should not be tortured. i believe they should be afforded those standards that are accorded to those accused of war crimes through history. i personally believe they can be held without trial as long as the war goes on.

2:44:15 to 2:44:35( Edit History Discussion )

John B. Shadegg: and i believe this w is going on. we as a nation can be in denial as long as we want. we can cleanse the vernacular, every term the administration finds offensive. janet napolitano can say we're no longer going to call it a war on terror, we're no longer going to deal with radical islam or

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John B. Shadegg: islamists or jihaddists. we can pretend that all goes away in my life experience, you cannot pretend and by pretendin change reality. there are those who hate us. there are those around the world who hate us. there arthose like khalid sheik muhammad whose words you've just read who and desire to kill us. if we do not deal with them

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John B. Shadegg: fairly but also according to the law, then we have betrayed the tr nation. never ever in the history of this nation have we taken war criminals, people who have committed acts of terrorism, under the auspices of an organization, here, al qaeda,

2:45:20 to 2:45:41( Edit History Discussion )

John B. Shadegg: led by a leader, here, osama bin las declared war formally in writing against e united states and said, ah, somebody acting on that organization, having as an organization declared war against the united states, having engaged then in acts of war, shall be tried in america

2:45:42 to 2:46:02( Edit History Discussion )

John B. Shadegg: criminal courts designed to deal with criminals who commit common crimes against other citizens of this nation. this is a betrayal of our soldiers and puts our nation and puts our soldiers at grave risk. i believe attorney general holder will rue the day they made this decision and rue the

2:46:03 to 2:46:16( Edit History Discussion )

John B. Shadegg: day when someone is captured or killed in new york or held hostage as a rult of this irresponsible conduct and even doesn't happen, in alone is a betrayal of the system we have followed since the founding of this