“Maybe President Bush should just have changed the name of Guantanamo. Then he could have announced that there were no longer any enemy combatants at Guantanamo.”
The Obama administration yesterday jettisoned the Bush-era term “enemy combatant” but maintained a broad right to detain those who provide “substantial” assistance to al-Qaeda and its associates around the globe.
The disclosure came in a court filing by the Justice Department in response to orders by federal judges, who sought clarity on the government’s legal justification for holding about 241 detainees at the military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
Though dropping the term “enemy combatant” was a symbolic break from the Bush administration, the practical effects of yesterday’s action will not be known for months.
A New York Times editorial notes that the name change amounts to little more than Orwellian window dressing, but that the Times now supports the view that the “president’s detention power [is] global”, because – as so many others have noted – “it’s a Democrat doing the detaining”.
Well, no they didn’t say that. But they might as well have.
“the practical effect will not be known for months”
Sort of like AGW theory: BS now, hope people forget about it later when the “practical effects” turn out to be nil.
“substantial combatant” doesn’t quite roll of the tongue as well as the original but, like the old Lennon song, you’ve just got to give “change a chance”.
the practical effect is that the Obamessiah can be seen to be doing something everyday even if it actually accomplishes nothing.
he is the Dame Edna of presidents. the madeup mega star for CNN
No, MIke, “substantial supporter”. Combatant sounds so icky.
i’m content as long as he’s going to keep the guano in Guantanamo…or the gits in Gitmo.
Whatever will happen to the Liberal Left Mascot terrorist cum enemy combatant cum child soldier Omar Khadr? Where will he be housed?
We have the likes of Liberal Senator Romeo Dallaire, Jacko Layton and the Bloc-heads all crying to get the poor misguided little fellow home to become a model citizen of his country Canada. Note part of their plan is to find a good Canadian home for the creep even though his mommy and siblings are here. Apparently they don’t measure up.
More proof there’s no capacity for reasoned thought in the Leftist brain.
Since the Dear Leader dissed Prime Minister Brown there is no hope that Britain will accept the “substantial supporters” so as Mr. Begley points out the guano stays in Guantanamo. Things could change if Sarkozy accepts these reprobates to France cause it is just a matter of throwing another shrimp on the car-be.
If Bush had done this the leftoids would be rioting in the streets.
It kinda nice to have peace & order with Obama doing the exact same thing.
Makes for slow news days and much less hysterical CBC stories
I just started posting on this site today after reading it for the past few weeks and I absolutely love it!! it is so refreshing to actually get some facts instead of MSM drool running down the so called journalists chin everytime they talk about the story of O. Thank you Kate.
You hafta love “Keep the Guano in Guantanamo”.
Great bumper sticker.
“it’s a Democrat doing the detaining”.
–Ah, of course! Everything and anything is ok as long as a Leftist-“Progressive” does it. No wonder he enjoys quiet and calm no matter what he does. His only critics are those who point out his and the Left’s blatant hypocrisy.
I await the day these harlots dressed in lies vanish from the face of the Earth. By their own hand economicaly.
They have no shame or even prespective anymore.
I just hope the fall of the MSM is not a preview of our entire culture.
JMO
And it is always good to have a ‘hotrod’ on our side.
Good choice.
I think B.O’Rielly called them “irritated fanatics”, I call them p**sies, but most of you know that already.