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Quoting from (this might seem a pattern) Andrew Sullivan's Daily Dish:
Jawad was ordered released from the Gitmo torture compound yesterday after years of abuse, cruelty, sadism and torture authorized by the president of the United States, George W. Bush. Staggeringly, the Obama administration is resisting his release and threatening a criminal charge.
That's why we supported Obama, right?
Reading the NYT article Sullivan linked to in the quote, the following become clear:
(1) Barack Obama believes that the Constitutional protection against double jeopardy (being tried twice for the same act) is a dead letter;
(2) Barack Obama believes that the President has the right to imprison indefinitely anyone, any time, for any reason;
(3) Any objections Barack Obama has to torture and evidence extracted thereby is strictly practical, not moral; and
(4) Barack Obama believes the President has the right to defy the rulings of judges from the bench.
We've replaced one elected king with another, haven't we? 'Cause I sure don't see the rule of law in this.
July 31 2009, 16:53:16 UTC 2 years ago
July 31 2009, 21:50:44 UTC 2 years ago
You keep printing these stories like you're surprised, when you're the one I quote when I say the libertarians warned us in 2006 that the Democrats are every bit as interested in the powers given themselves by the Bush administration as the Republicans are, for when it's their turn in power. These events aren't telling us anything new; they're just saying Obama isn't, after all, running the country himself any more than Bush was. Whether this surprises him or not (I like to think it does [just as I liked to think his election was going to make a difference]), the result is the same. "This is how democracy dies."
July 31 2009, 23:33:03 UTC 2 years ago
August 1 2009, 02:06:50 UTC 2 years ago
I see. I may be wrong, but I remember that you spoke of Democrats generally.
August 1 2009, 21:47:25 UTC 2 years ago
Well...
We went down the "path" when we changed from a republic into a democracy; to put things bluntly.That's the glory and the horror of our sort of Government: We get the government and the leaders we deserve, not the ones we want. Barring a massive change in things, it's only going to get worse; and we the people are the responsible parties.