Freedom Watch Afghanistan

The latest from Operation Enduring Freedom showing the activities of American troops in country. Produced by AFN-Afghanistan.

Iranian/U.S. Incident

Defense officials are working with the White House and the State Department to determine an appropriate response to Sunday's confrontation between U.S and Iranian ships.

Are Lethal Injections Cruel and Unusual?

From Fox News, the Supreme Court is looking at the constitutionality of lethal injections.

For most people with common sense, it's a no-brainer. But liberals must always anguish over punishing wrongdoers and worry that they might feel some discomfort as they receive their punishment for murdering an innocent human being.

From a purely constitutional perspective, I think Judge Scalia sums it up well:

States have been careful to adopt procedures that do not seek to inflict pain and should not be barred from carrying out executions even if prison officials sometimes make mistakes in administering drugs, Scalia said. "There is no painless requirement" in the Constitution, Scalia said.

You might have a case for an execution method being "cruel and unusual" if it were more "cruel and unusual" than the method the murderer used to end the life of his victim.

For example, in the case of Elijah Page who was executed in South Dakota this summer, if we did more than kick him until he lost consciousness, tied him up and forced him to drink a mixture of “crushed pills, beer and hydrochloric acid,” hit him in the face a few times, make him stand naked in a freezing stream for a while, then beat him, stab him multiple times, and bash his head in with rocks until he was dead...maybe if we did worse than Page did to his victim (which included all these things), that could be considered "cruel and unusual." (For all you libs who are aghast and swallowin' your snuff at this point, I'm using hyperbole to make a point).

On a more serious note, maybe if our society cared a little more for the suffering and loss of the innocent victim, maybe we wouldn't get so choked up that a convicted murderer, who is being shown far more mercy than he showed to his victims, might feel some pain as justice is administered.

Why is it that we hold the life and comfort of a convicted murderer more sacred than that of an innocent victim?

Could it be, to play off Jon Schaff at South Dakota Politics, choosing to be a do-gooder rather than a doer of good?

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From OnePlace.com

Cryin' in the Rain

What's this? Hillary playing the "girl card" again like she did against Rick Lazio when he "threatened" her by approaching her during a debate?

The Drudge link says "Hillary tears in eyes." Though she acted all choked up, I didn't see any tears.

But now that she's trailing in the polls and lost Iowa, maybe it's time to make her seem "more human." Maybe it's time to kick in the sympathy vote. Does she plan to do that when Iran gets ready to drop a nuke in our lap?

Check out the video here and see if you can spot any tears.