Well - at least that's what he accused Bush of doing during the 2008 campaign. So where does he stand now with his promise to close Guantanamo in one year already a year and two months overdue while news comes today that he is not even bothering with civilian trials for the terrorists and will resume military tribunals?
Won't anyone call this guy a liar to his face? This isn't a flip flop; it's a lie. The administration is trying to pretend that they have indeed, changed policy when they haven't.
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While it is true that some criticism is coming from the left - the far left - most Democrats and liberals have been deathly silent about Guantanamo. They couldn't yelp loud enough during the Bush years about war crimes and extra legal tribunals. Now that Obama is in charge, are we to believe that his reiteration of Bush administration policies is somehow legitimate where Bush's weren't? What's the difference? Why not make a stink, liberals? Sure, they're "disappointed" - a euphemism for "We don't care, we're going to vote for him anyway." Where are the calls for an impeachment inquiry? Where are the angry editorials demanding that Obama be sent to the Hague and stand trial in the World Court for violating the Geneva Convention?
Note that Congress hasn't been consulted any more than Bush trusted Congress to get it right. Note also that the reforms initiated by Bush regarding the tribunals have not been touched by Obama. They will proceed as if George Bush were still in office.
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The nauseating stench of hypocrisy permeates everything about this issue. And it's emanating from every single Democrat starting with the president who set themselves up as morally superior beings to Bush due to their "principled" stand against Guantanamo and military tribunals. Where are those principles now, Democrats? What happened to your "moral superiority?" Check the trash if you're really looking for them.
And the only people who can truly hold them accountable - the national press - are in Obama's hip pocket.
