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We Need Jack Bauer Not Ivory Tower Pansies to Fight Terror
Babalú Blog: an island on the net without a bearded dictator —
... casualties in the U.S. These leftists wanker are the modern day equivalent of Neville Chamberlain. These are the same wankers who had no qualms with having a Soviet Union. These are the same buttf**ks who have no problem with a nuclear Iran and North Korea. And these are the same sh*t-for-brains that have no problem with having Israel, the neighborhood bully, wiped off the map because of their "horrible" treatment of the defenseless "hamas/plo terrorists." Read the whole article here . Posted by Cigar Mike at January 23, 2009 09:25 AM Comments Post a comment
Continuing to Not Get it on Torture
democracyarsenal.org —
... The Wall Street Journal has an odd and incoherent (Dare I say tortured) editorial on torture today. It basically argues that Obama split the baby with the executive order on interrogation and as a result left us less secure. ...
All I really need to know about national security I learned on the teevee
Balloon Juice —
This is what it’s come to, from the Wall Street Journal (via via):
The unfine print of Mr. Obama’s order is that he’s allowed room for what might be called a Jack Bauer exception.
The unfine print of the new Screen Actors’ Guild contract contains what might be called a “Tootsie” exception which allows male actors to be fired if they impersonate a woman on a soap opera for several weeks. The unfine print of most insurance waivers contains what be called a “Hancock” ...
Obama’s Dangerous Game
Flopping Aces —
... with respect to how we’re going to dispose of the detainees?” Obama asked White House Counsel Greg Craig.
“We will be setting up a process,” was the answer.
In other words, the administration will figure it out later.
Yeah….it’s only our nations security. We’ll figure it out.
And with that we are now much less safe then we were four days ago.
But hold your horses, could there actually be some light at the end of the tunnel?
Most politicians would rather do anything ...
Obama’s Executive Order Wants It Both Ways On Interrogation
Pat Dollard | Young Americans —
WSJ:
The Jack Bauer Exception
Most politicians would rather do anything than make a difficult choice, and it seems President Obama hasn’t abandoned this Senatorial habit. To wit, yesterday’s executive order on interrogation: It imposes broad limits on how aggressively U.S. intelligence officers can question terrorists, but it also keeps open the prospect of legal loopholes that would allow them to press harder in tough cases.
While that kind of double standard may resolve a domestic political problem, it’s ...
Obama’s Administration of Grand Gestures
Pajamas Media —
So far, we have an abundance of moral preening and only the illusion that all is being made anew. [image] In its first week the Obama administration revealed itself to be infatuated with dramatic gestures and sweeping pronouncements: Guantanamo is going to be closed, enhanced interrogation ended, Middle East peace re-established, Iraq to be “left” to the Iraqis, and bipartisanship restored. But the reality is quite different, leaving open the question as to whether President Obama really believes his own rhetoric or is slyly wielding symbolism to conceal the very familiar contours of his not-so-groundbreaking policies. He announces Guantanamo will close, but not really ...
The Era of “Transparency” has Begun!
Flopping Aces —
Obama signed executive orders fulfilling his pledge to end what he has called torture and to abolish the Guantanamo facility that became a lightning rod for international criticism. His action drew praise from human rights groups as well as politicians
Larry Downing-Reuters
Yesterday, Curt noted:
could there actually be some light at the end of the tunnel?
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Most politicians would rather do anything than make a difficult choice, and it seems President Obama hasn’t abandoned this Senatorial habit. To wit, yesterday’s executive ...
Why don’t you “hate” Obama?
The Anchoress —
That’s a provocative headline, I know, but it is not meant to provoke. It’s a real question, inspired by some of my emails from people taking me to task for insufficient appreciation of our current president, and for unseemly appreciation of our previous president, whom they and the world “hate.”
The question is also inspired by something I noticed while I was digging up articles on the good President Bush has done in Africa, and that is that many people who wish to give Bush anything resembling even the faintest praise, is compelled to preface that praise with a condemnation of the man, himself:
“I am ...
