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Breaking news: Mitt Romney sympathizes with ISIS over US soldiers. Your thoughts?

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  • GenericNameGenericName 27 Pts   -  
    But that isn't at all what he did.  There was no sympathy for ISIS implicit anywhere in what he said or that article.  He objects to Trump pardoning someone legitimately convicted of a war crime, one that even his fellow soldiers thought warranted turning him in.

    Why lie about what he said?
  • piloteerpiloteer 1577 Pts   -  
    @YeshuaRedeemed

    Ya, Mr Romney never expressed any sympathy toward ISIS in this interview. He expressed disgust at the "president" for pardoning a criminal who thought he could be the judge, jury, and executioner for someone who never got any kind of a trial. What if it was found that the person was not associated with ISIS? 
  • MayCaesarMayCaesar 5967 Pts   -  
    Mitt Romney did not sympathise with ISIS; he expressed his devotion to the idea of human rights, and the belief that the president of the US not taking violation of them seriously is not right.

    Not many thoughts to have here. We have laws, and nobody is exempt from them. The president using his powers to protect a criminal from the consequences of the crime, at the very least, would warrant very special circumstances of the crime, and at most, violates the principle of separation of powers.
    Plaffelvohfenpiloteer
  • CYDdhartaCYDdharta 1823 Pts   -  
    Yeah; this doesn't show that Mittens sympathizes with ISIS, it just shows he doesn't care about US troops.  Trump Derangement Syndrome is an irresistible force in many people.
    Plaffelvohfen
  • GenericNameGenericName 27 Pts   -  
    CYD, what about his fellow troops that turned him in?  Do you not believe their judgement was sound? Given that they were there and you weren't, it seems you are being disrespectful to multiple soldiers, while Mitt Romney was being "disrespectful" (if you could call it that) to one.
  • CYDdhartaCYDdharta 1823 Pts   -  
    CYD, what about his fellow troops that turned him in?  Do you not believe their judgement was sound? Given that they were there and you weren't, it seems you are being disrespectful to multiple soldiers, while Mitt Romney was being "disrespectful" (if you could call it that) to one.

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    They're not particularly convincing.
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