Originally Posted by
Chris '68
Click and find wisdom, my fellow Nomad:
oh, brother.
according the definition of treason we're working with here, a traitor is one who "knowingly inflict[s] damage on their own society". let's see.... they apparently (according to the article you posted the link to):
went to iraq....
"said the Bush administration should give weapons inspections a chance to work before taking any military action"....
"suggested that the sanctions..... led to the starvation and malnutrition of Iraqi children, and the death of 50,000 annually"....
"said that U.S. and British airplanes have been bombing illegitimate targets"....
"said that he thought 'the president would mislead the American people' in order to justify action on Iraq"....
which part of that is known to inflict damage to our society? it may inflict "damage" (in the metaphorical sense) to the administration's policy, but that's part and parcel of politics. no, i'm talking about real damage, on par with espionage or sabotage, to our society. i think it's a bit overzealous to claim that is what happened here.
TK