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What do you mean there are no calls for impeachment, no cries of "ILLEGAL!", no Sense-of-the-Senate proposals condemning violations of treaty conventions? Because I'm pretty sure that Obama said detained terrorists are to be treated in accord with the Geneva Conventions, to which the United States is a signatory, and detaining and interrogating an alien on a naval vessel would be in violation of Article 22 of Geneva Convention (III). Didn't the President make a big to-do about complying with international law?
What a joke. If all our lives weren't at stake, it would be comical to see Obama stumble his way through each terrorism-related event, each time getting knocked further and further from anything like coherent, effective leadership.
Lemme see if I've got this right. The President acknowledges that we have to interrogate these guys. He's admitted that, finally. But he cannot send terrorists to U.S. detention sites on our allies' territory because he railed against that when Bush 43 did it. He cannot send terrorists to the major detention facility created for that purpose on territory we control because he similarly railed against that at a time when he had no real responsibilities and despite the fact that he has now conceded that it will remain in operation indefinitely. He cannot send them straight to the United States because then we couldn't interrogate them and he has surrendered to the fact that we need to interrogate them.
Solution: avoid this entire mess of his own creation by secretly detaining terrorists on naval vessels and as far as international (or domestic law) goes just fugedaboudit. Too. Much. Trouble. Presidentin'. Is. Hard.
Oh, here's another Obama snowball-into-avalanche mess:
- The Rumors Of Al Qaeda's Death Have Been Greatly Exaggerated
From the Economist: A FEW months ago Barack Obama declared that al-Qaeda was “on the path to defeat”. Its surviving members, he said, were more concerned for their own safety than with plotting attacks on the West. Terrorist attacks of the future,...
- Obama Changes Course On Antiterrorism
from Human Events: Obama Changes Course on Antiterrorism by Michael Barone 05/18/2009 Step by step, Barack Obama has been reversing himself on antiterrorist policy. Last month, he announced he would not appeal a federal court decision ordering the government...
- Banned Techniques Yielded ‘high Value Information,’ Memo Says
from New York Times : Banned Techniques Yielded ‘High Value Information,’ Memo Says By PETER BAKER WASHINGTON – President Obama’s national intelligence director told colleagues in a private memo last week that the harsh interrogation techniques...
- Outrage!
Blood Pressure Alert. at Breitbart: Terror inmates may be released in US: intel chief President Barack Obama's intelligence chief confirmed Thursday that some Guantanamo inmates may be released on US soil and receive assistance to return to society....
- Guantánamo Meets Geneva Rules, Pentagon Study Finds
Barry and his minions aren't going to be happy about this. NYT h/t Dr. Bulldog Guantánamo Meets Geneva Rules, Pentagon Study Finds By WILLIAM GLABERSON Published: February 20, 2009 A Pentagon report requested by President Obama on the conditions...
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Obama Regime Violates Geneva Convention, Secretly Interrogates Man On Ship For Two Months
HE LIED!!!
From Gabriel at Ace of Spades:Yes, There's Still a War On
And, yes, Obama's been clobbered with reality, and, yes, the Left will mostly pretend it isn't an issue because, yes, they're all big fat phonies. Oh, and, yes, being clobbered with reality doesn't mean Obama's giving up all his retarded ideas, just the most inconvenient ones.The story.
A Somali militant linked to Al Qaeda was held and interrogated for two months on a U.S. Navy ship — the first publicly known example of the Obama administration secretly detaining a new terrorism suspect outside the criminal justice system. Senior administration officials revealed the case Tuesday after an indictment against the man, Ahmed Abdulkadir Warsame, was unsealed in federal court in New York. The indictment, which does not mention Warsame's military detention, charges that he worked to broker a weapons deal between Al Qaeda's affiliate in Yemen and the Somali militant group Shabab. It alleges that he fought on Shabab's behalf in Somalia in 2009, then went to Yemen in 2010 for explosives training and took part in terrorist activities there.Secret detentions? Prison ship? Cue the outrage, I'll wait.
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What do you mean there are no calls for impeachment, no cries of "ILLEGAL!", no Sense-of-the-Senate proposals condemning violations of treaty conventions? Because I'm pretty sure that Obama said detained terrorists are to be treated in accord with the Geneva Conventions, to which the United States is a signatory, and detaining and interrogating an alien on a naval vessel would be in violation of Article 22 of Geneva Convention (III). Didn't the President make a big to-do about complying with international law?
What a joke. If all our lives weren't at stake, it would be comical to see Obama stumble his way through each terrorism-related event, each time getting knocked further and further from anything like coherent, effective leadership.
Lemme see if I've got this right. The President acknowledges that we have to interrogate these guys. He's admitted that, finally. But he cannot send terrorists to U.S. detention sites on our allies' territory because he railed against that when Bush 43 did it. He cannot send terrorists to the major detention facility created for that purpose on territory we control because he similarly railed against that at a time when he had no real responsibilities and despite the fact that he has now conceded that it will remain in operation indefinitely. He cannot send them straight to the United States because then we couldn't interrogate them and he has surrendered to the fact that we need to interrogate them.
Solution: avoid this entire mess of his own creation by secretly detaining terrorists on naval vessels and as far as international (or domestic law) goes just fugedaboudit. Too. Much. Trouble. Presidentin'. Is. Hard.
Oh, here's another Obama snowball-into-avalanche mess:
Warsame was turned over to the FBI after extensive "humane" interrogation aboard ship by a unit known as a High-Value Interrogation Group, made up of FBI, CIA and Defense Department personnel, the officials said. But a U.S. official said CIA officers did not directly question Warsame. After the controversy surrounding George W. Bush-era interrogations of detainees, the CIA has consistently said it has kept its agents away from direct questioning.I originally went through there bolding the important bits, but when I got to the end, practically the whole thing was bolded. Read it again, Sam. The CIA literally won't touch terrorist interrogations with a ten foot pole. Not even "humane" interrogations. And that's a direct result of Obama's and AG Holder's witchhunt.
- The Rumors Of Al Qaeda's Death Have Been Greatly Exaggerated
From the Economist: A FEW months ago Barack Obama declared that al-Qaeda was “on the path to defeat”. Its surviving members, he said, were more concerned for their own safety than with plotting attacks on the West. Terrorist attacks of the future,...
- Obama Changes Course On Antiterrorism
from Human Events: Obama Changes Course on Antiterrorism by Michael Barone 05/18/2009 Step by step, Barack Obama has been reversing himself on antiterrorist policy. Last month, he announced he would not appeal a federal court decision ordering the government...
- Banned Techniques Yielded ‘high Value Information,’ Memo Says
from New York Times : Banned Techniques Yielded ‘High Value Information,’ Memo Says By PETER BAKER WASHINGTON – President Obama’s national intelligence director told colleagues in a private memo last week that the harsh interrogation techniques...
- Outrage!
Blood Pressure Alert. at Breitbart: Terror inmates may be released in US: intel chief President Barack Obama's intelligence chief confirmed Thursday that some Guantanamo inmates may be released on US soil and receive assistance to return to society....
- Guantánamo Meets Geneva Rules, Pentagon Study Finds
Barry and his minions aren't going to be happy about this. NYT h/t Dr. Bulldog Guantánamo Meets Geneva Rules, Pentagon Study Finds By WILLIAM GLABERSON Published: February 20, 2009 A Pentagon report requested by President Obama on the conditions...