In the first days of his presidency, President Obama has signed executive orders effectively ending the War on Terror. Gitmo will be closed within one year, the CIA will need to abide by the Army Field Manual in their interrogations, all overseas prisons used by the CIA will be closed and every single legal order and opinion on interrogations issued by any lawyer in the executive branch since September 11, 2001 has been rendered null and void.
Folks, the date today is September 10, 2001 and so it will be with each and every date hereafter. We have lost the will to fight this extremely adept enemy. I liken it to a high school student succumbing to peer pressure in an effort to be popular with the other students. Our new administration is so concerned about what Europe, Arab countries and human rights organizations think about us, it's inevitable that our safety will be compromised.
What's going to happen the next time we are attacked? Will we go after the terrorists? If so, how? Will it be a law enforcement matter? If we catch them, where are we going to send them? How are we going to get the crucial intelligence of possible future attacks knowing that Al-Qaida had planned a wave of attacks after 9/11? These individuals are willing to die in order to kill Americans. Do you think that they will tell interrogators of future attack plans if we just ask them nicely or offer them some incentive? It's not going to happen. The National Security Council has stated that even Usama bin Laden or a high-ranking terrorist planner would be shielded from aggressive interrogation techniques. It's over, my friends. We might as well pack up our troops in Afghanistan and bring them home.
During his inaugural address, President Obama stated,
"As for our common defense, we reject as false the choice between our safety and our ideals . . . . And for those who seek to advance their aims by inducing terror and slaughtering innocents, we say to you now that our spirit is stronger and cannot be broken; you cannot outlast us, and we will defeat you."
We will defeat them? How?
Friday, January 23, 2009
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My heart sank that day, when I first heard of these orders. I think I felt even sicker at the closing down of all the secret CIA prisons. My blog is not a political/current events one but even I did 2 posts on this subject...
But I can't believe it's as bad as it may seem. Meet the Press participants, this past Sunday am, were discussing a 'loophole' in the wording of the interrogation technique part of these orders. I don't think all hope is lost. I think, & I pray that President Obama will come out tougher than it now seems, re/fighting terrorism, as his days in office move forward.
Campaigning is a lot different than governing. I think what we are witnessing is Obama placating the left wing element of his party, while keeping the door open, albeit slightly, for flexibility in the event our country is attacked again. The problem with that strategy in my opinion is that it is reactive as opposed to proactive, and it does nothing to keep us safe. The truth of the matter is that the forces who oppose the Bush Administration's tactics in response to September 11, 2001 will not be satisfied with anything short of a complete release of all Gitmo detainees. So, unless that is the course we are on, it's only a matter of time before the Obama Administration starts facing similar criticisms.
I think what you've said here is what I actually meant, in a way...Obama's administration may be heading for similar criticisms after all, as things heat up & he has to get tougher...
Following up here, Chris Wallace, host of Fox News Sunday stated that though President Obama has already held two military conferences, he has yet to actually give the order for a 16 month withdrawal date... (I think I have that # right). The panel consensus was basically, Obama realizes he has to adjust, he's no fool...reality has to begin hitting home, and it likes like it has, a least some...?
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