{"id":60818,"date":"2014-12-10T08:47:39","date_gmt":"2014-12-10T16:47:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=60818"},"modified":"2023-09-17T04:26:52","modified_gmt":"2023-09-17T12:26:52","slug":"am-i-the-only-one-who-doesnt-care-what-we-do-to-non-citizen-terrorists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=60818","title":{"rendered":"Am I the only one who doesn&#8217;t care what we do to non-citizen terrorists?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I usually think that George W. Bush was the worst president in the history of the republic with his useless stupid invasions of Iraq and Afghanistan, but if his unique policies prevented more 9\/11 type attacks on America, policies that would not have been duplicated by other politicians, then he was a good president in that respect.<\/p>\n<p>On the one hand, I don&#8217;t care what we do to suspected terrorists who pal around with terrorists and are not American citizens. 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