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Better than doing nothing though, and they should be put on trial, just can't hold people forever without a trial.
Why not tell the truth. It was a lie to say he was going to close the prison there, it was impossible to do what he said as part of getting elected. The only course forward was what was already being done. But he had to make the political play to get the vote of the anti-war, anti-Bush crowd. Now that the furor over all that has died down in the face of new Middle East unrest and new oil price spikes, he can quietly put things at Guantanamo back on the track everyone knew was the only way possible. It was purely a political ploy to say Gitmo would be closed. But it delayed the trials of those people being "held forever" for two whole years instead of getting on with it--all because of a political ploy.
Promise broken, lie, whatever....
IMO, "lie" would be if he never tried to do anything at all, which isn't the case here.
I'll go with "broken promise" because he failed to complete what he promised.
POTUS is not dictator, the administration got resistance at every turn at moving prisoners out, so much so they had funding yanked to transport GITMO prisoners.
As for your saying that he made an impossible promise; something is only impossible if no one ever tries. He tried, he failed, but at least someone tried.
I still believe you cannot detain humans without trial indefinitely. You have to bring people to trial, and a fair trial, not a kangaroo court.
The Shop
He tried to do something, got cock-blocked at every turn, so he had to do something else.
At least he's willing to put them on trial, Bush just wanted to lock them up without any due process
Caters to Wall street - check
Keeps the wars going - check
Guantanamo - check
what else am I missing?
Catering to Wall Street? I was dubious of the previous administration's handling of that issue, and I certainly didn't agree with quadrupling down on it afterwards, and then giving them even more with the so-called healthcare bill.
Wars? I was all for gradual disinvolvement in Iraq as we had already started, with no fixed timetable--based on the changing situation. I was not for starting a new campaign in an untenable situation--Afghanistan. But the current president got himself elected on the backs of the anti-war types, even though he knew there was no way he could do what he was saying.
His turds are barely shit. Both you righties and lefties remain ignorant, and it's why this country is tanking. Good job, moron.
No one wants those terror suspects tried here in the US which is what they tried to do to move on closing down the Gitmo prison.
So if you can't try them here what other choice do you have except to resume trying them there?
Sell off the commercial time and we would close the deficit gap in the first two weeks.
Why is it only Christians can smear other religions and beliefs, but other faiths or beliefs cannot do the same towards Christianity?
How does that make Christianity any better than them?
I suppose you missed them...
Pit Row
How does that make Christianity any better than any other religion?
Why is it people get so defensive of Christianity, but seem to tolerate and accept smearing another religion?
WWJD?
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My religion is better than the others, in my eyes.
On Oct. 17, 2006, President Bush signed a law suspending the right of habeas corpus to persons "determined by the United States" to be an "enemy combatant" in the Global War on Terror. President Bush's action drew severe criticism, mainly for the law's failure to specifically designate who in the United Stateswill determine who is and who is not an "enemy combatant."
"What, really, a time of shame this is..."
To President Bush's support for the law -- the Military Commissions Act of 2006 -- and its suspension of writs of habeas corpus, Jonathan Turley, professor of constitutional law at George Washington University stated, "What, really, a time of shame this is for the American system. What the Congress did and what the president signed today essentially revokes over 200 years of American principles and values."
Yeah...
Because I was asking a question?
Democracy don't rule the world, You'd better get that in your head; This world is ruled by violence, But I guess that's better left unsaid.
Bob Dylan
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