Read this brief excerpt from a news release…
Bush Considers Detaining Terror Suspects Indefinitely
The Wall Street Journal
FOXNews.com
Thursday, May 14, 2005
Bush is weighing plans to detain terror suspects on U.S. soil — indefinitely and without trial — as part of a plan to retool trials held for Guantanamo prisoners.
The proposal being floated with members of Congress is another indication of President Bush’s struggles to establish his counter-terrorism policies…
On Wednesday, the president reversed a recent administration decision to release photos showing purported abuse of prisoners at U.S. military facilities. Mr. Bush cited concern that releasing the pictures could endanger U.S. troops. Mr. Bush ordered government lawyers to pull back an earlier court filing promising to release hundreds of photos by month’s end as part a lawsuit brought by the American Civil Liberties Union.
“Why” – the left screamed – “That’s horrible!”
Those people have rights!
You can’t hold them indefinitely – they deserve a trial!
You are violating the U.S. Constitution, the Geneva Convention and to sensitivities of Amnesty International!
Remember all that? Can’t you just hear it all over again – all the evening news anchors wringing their hands at how “the rest of the world” will perceive this. Remember reading on every front page how the will “judge America…” How Bush was covering up, lying, violating the rules of war?
Now: Change that by-line date to 2009, and everywhere you see the name “Bush” replace it with “Obama”
Better yet, go read the whole thing here: Obama Considers Detaining Terror Suspects Indefinitely
So let’s all sit back and wait for the left and the press (redundancy alert) to condemn, harass, and try Obama in the press for this.
(Crickets chirp).
You get the feeling there’s a lot more to this Presidenting thing than the ACORN community organizer from Chicago ever thought?
Curtis Lowe 