At this point, it’s becoming clear that closing Gitmo is just window dressing, and that Obama has no intention of honoring the rule of law:
“Do you believe we are at war?” Graham asked.
“I do, Senator,” Kagan replied.
Graham cited the example of someone who is not carrying a gun or fighting on a battlefield. “If our intelligence agencies should capture someone in the Philippines that is suspected of financing Al Qaeda worldwide, would you consider that person part of the battlefield?” he asked. He added that he had asked the same question of Holder, who replied that he agreed that person was on the battlefield.
“Do you agree with that?” the senator said.
“I do,” Kagan replied.
So, if I disappear tomorrow, chances are that somebody in one of our “intelligence agencies” saw this blog post, decided that I was “suspected” of conspiring with Al Qaeda, and has whisked me away to be detained until Terror has surrendered and signed a treaty to end the undeclared war against It.
Ummm… I guess bye y’all. Just in case.
Label me as disappointed but not surprised.
And always remember, our other option was McCain / Palin.
I don’t think you’ll be hearing quite as much “I don’t hate my country, I hate what they’ve done to my country” stuff as we’ve been accustomed to enduring, though. Or, that we’re creating more terrorists… because the world now loves us, I’m told.
We’ll still hear it, of course, just not as loudly.
Apparently, President Obama found things to be a lot different than candidate Obama, especially when it comes to national security. Eh, no worries, smijer, the gov’t isn’t going to snatch you from the streets of TN.
I do pray that there won’t be a case of a released detainee who, in the future, kills one of our soldiers. I hope to God that the ones recently released truly aren’t dangers.
“Same as the Old Boss?” Seriously? Obama may not be moving as fast as you’d like, taking small steps and making calculated efforts to start trying to dig us out of the maelstorm that former “President” Bush created. Not jumping in making rash decisions, stopping to read and think things through, and actually considering the consequences of his decisions on all people is so far from the “old boss” it makes my head spin. It’s barely been a month. Take a deep breath and try to get over yourself. Not everything can happen in the first 100 days.