"Obama's options in dealing with the prisoners have led him in a circle back to the Bush-era policies he decried"
All because he ACCEPTS the 9/11 LIE!!!
Just a collection of articles on how he got there and all the broken promises on the way:
"Appeals court rejects detainees' suit" by Associated Press | April 25, 2009
WASHINGTON - The Obama administration supported the case's dismissal, arguing that holding military officials liable for their treatment of prisoners could cause them to make future decisions based on fear of litigation rather than appropriate military policy....
No qualms about TORTURE, 'eh?
Just worried about the LEGALIZE like BUSH?!!
A federal appeals court yesterday for a second time rejected a lawsuit by Guantanamo Bay detainees who say they were tortured and denied religious rights. Four British men say they were beaten, shackled in painful stress positions, and threatened by dogs during their time at the US naval base in Cuba. They also say they were harassed while practicing their religion, including shaving their beards, banning or interrupting their prayers, denying them copies of the Koran and prayer mats, and throwing a copy of the Koran in a toilet.
You sacrilegious bastards!!!!!
The defendants in the case included top Bush administration military officials such as former secretary of defense Donald Rumsfeld. The Court of Appeals in Washington ruled against the detainees early last year, saying because the men were foreigners held outside the United States, they do not fall within the definition of a "person" protected by the act. But later in the year, the Supreme Court ruled that Guantanamo detainees have some rights under the Constitution and instructed the appeals court to reconsider the lawsuit in light of their decision.
Yesterday, the appeals court reached the same conclusion, noting that the four men who filed the suit - Shafiq Rasul, Asif Iqbal, Rhuhel Ahmed, and Jamal Al-Harith - were released in 2004, more than four years before the Supreme Court ruling....
Hey, you can give telecoms retroactive immunity that is unconstitutional, so WTF?
"Obama reverses prisoner photo stance; Argues images of abuse would endanger troops" by Jennifer Loven, Associated Press | May 14, 2009
Here is the real reason he doesn't want you seeing them: Why Obama Is Blocking Torture Pics
WASHINGTON - President Obama declared yesterday that he would try to block the court-ordered release of photos showing US troops abusing prisoners, abruptly reversing his position out of concern the pictures would "further inflame anti-American opinion" and endanger American forces in Iraq and Afghanistan.
The White House had said last month it would not oppose an Appeals Court ruling that set a May 28 deadline for releasing dozens of photos from military investigations of alleged misconduct. But American commanders in the war zones have expressed deep concern about fresh damage the photos might do, especially as the United States tries to wind down the Iraq war and step up operations against the Taliban and Al Qaeda in Afghanistan.
Excuses, excuses, lies, lies -- and I'm tired of 'em!!!
NOT FOOLED ANYMORE, a**hole!
When photos emerged in 2004 from the infamous US-run Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq, showing grinning American soldiers posing with detainees - some of the prisoners naked, some being held on leashes - the pictures caused a huge anti-American backlash around the globe, particularly in the Muslim world.
Obama, explaining his change of heart on releasing the other photos, said they had already served their purpose in investigations of "a small number of individuals." Those cases were all concluded by 2004, and the president said "the individuals who were involved have been identified, and appropriate actions have been taken."
That's called a COVER UP, folks!!
Military commanders' concerns were most intense with respect to Afghanistan. The release would coincide with the spring thaw that usually heralds the year's toughest fighting there - and as thousands of new US troops head into Afghanistan's volatile south.
I don't think torture photos from five years ago is gpoing to mean much in the middle of a HOT WAR, s***ter!!!!
They are going to be fighting anyway because THEY DON'T WANT US THERE KILLING THEM!
The effort to keep the photos from becoming public represented a sharp reversal from Obama's repeated pledges for open government, and in particular from his promise to be forthcoming with information that courts have ruled should be publicly available....
At this point, I'd be surprised if he fulfilled one.
On Capitol Hill, Republicans welcomed the change, however. A military group also said it was relieved. "These photos represent isolated incidents where the offending servicemen and women have already been prosecuted," said Brian Wise, executive director of Military Families United. "There is no good that can come from releasing these photos."
Other than the cleansing of our souls, America!
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Okay, so what's next (you are going to love this, lefties)?:
PHOENIX - Even while declaring an end to interrogation practices he calls "torture," Obama has alienated many in his own party with a cautious approach to the issue. He has rebuffed calls to investigate Bush administration policymakers and release photographs that military leaders have said would be unnecessarily provocative.
Translation: HE TAKES YOU FOR GRANTED, lefties!!
Yesterday, the White House announced it would resume the use of military commissions to try those in American custody, a practice that Obama had criticized as a candidate....
Romney said he approved of Obama's hawkish approach to ongoing wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. "In fact, whenever he adopts the policies of John McCain and George W. Bush like this, I'm glad."
--more--"How you doing, liberals and Democrats? Need some air?
"Obama takes a hit on Guantanamo; Democrats tie funding to a plan for prisoners" by Joseph Williams, Globe Staff | May 20, 2009
WASHINGTON - Guantanamo, located on a US Navy base in Cuba, was set up in late 2001 to house Al Qaeda suspects, Taliban fighters, and "enemy combatants" swept up by US forces in Iraq, Afghanistan, and elsewhere. The camp, which at its peak housed more than 600 detainees, was the target of dozens of lawsuits by human rights activists alleging that the government mistreated the inmates, conducted abusive interrogations, and denied them guaranteed Geneva Conventions rights as prisoners of war....
At this point, I think they are more than allegations, MSM. Pffft!
Jim Phillips, a senior research fellow at the conservative Heritage Foundation, said Obama must set aside his campaign rhetoric and make a pragmatic decision on Guantanamo, knowing that the consequences could result in another horrific attack on the nation....
You GOT THAT, America?!
Leave the TORTURE CHAMBERS OPEN or SUFFER ANOTHER FALSE-FLAG ATTACK!!!!
Nevertheless, the Pentagon said yesterday that it still plans to follow the president's orders and shut down the Guantanamo prison by January as Obama has ordered. But Defense Department spokesman Geoff Morrell said that at least some funding needs to be passed now or else it would be "exceedingly difficult" to meet Obama's target date.
Why? They can FIND MONEY to KEEP OCCUPATIONS going so why would this be so difficult? BANKS get their $$$ RIGHT AWAY, too, so WTF!!!!!!??
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"Congress presses Obama for Guantanamo plan; Democrats have denied funding to close prison" by Philip Elliott, Associated Press | May 25, 2009
WASHINGTON - Obama's options in dealing with the prisoners have led him in a circle back to the Bush-era policies he decried. Although the United States has in its domestic prisons many individuals convicted of terrorism, an influx of suspected terrorists onto the US mainland is a political challenge.
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You know what? FUCK POLITICS!
Do what is MORAL and RIGHT for ONCE, will ya?!
He needs a lie to make it easier to stay open:
"Pentagon says many detainees reoffend" by Associated Press | May 27, 2009
JIT, 'eh, 'bamer?
WASHINGTON - Constitutional scholars have long cast doubt on the Pentagon's detainee data, saying it's not proven that at least some of those who were released were even linked to terrorism in the first place....
Translation: They are INNOCENT of that CIA-Mossad FALSE-FLAG JOB!
The Pentagon described as significant reporting or analysis, or unverified but plausible information from a single source, suggesting it.
Translation: the Pentagon has SQUAT!!!!!
Isn't that how we got the CURVEBALL in IRAQ?!!!!!!
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And the prisoners and civil rights aren't the only ones getting the shaft!
WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court yesterday overturned a longstanding ruling that stopped police from initiating questions unless a defendant's lawyer was present, a move that will make it easier for prosecutors to interrogate suspects.
The high court, in a 5-to-4 decision, overturned the 1986 Michigan v. Jackson ruling, which said police may not initiate questioning of a defendant who has a lawyer or has asked for one unless the lawyer is present....
So much for the Constitution.
Justice John Paul Stevens said:
"The police interrogation in this case clearly violated petitioner's Sixth Amendment right to counsel." Overruling the Jackson case, he said, "can only diminish the public's confidence in the reliability and fairness of our system of justice."
The Obama administration had asked the court to overturn Michigan v. Jackson, disappointing civil rights and civil liberties groups that expected President Obama to reverse the policies of his Republican predecessor, George W. Bush....
Nooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!
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Damn fools!
The Even Start program, created in 1987, has been targeted for elimination by President Obama, however. Three national evaluations found that the program is not effective, according to a budget document released by the administration, which estimates $66 million would be saved by cutting the program.
Students and teachers in the four Massachusetts Even Start programs are surprised - not only because they see the program as highly successful, but because the threat is from Obama. For years, President George W. Bush tried to kill the program, but they expected an ally in the new Democratic president....
Welcome to the disappointment line. You'll need to go to the back, around the corner
Britta McNemar, program coordinator for the Waltham Family School, one of the Even Start programs in the state: "I'd be less than honest if I didn't say I was surprised and disappointed," McNemar said. "I guess my expectations were higher."
All of ours were!!!
"I don't think he realized how hard I worked on his campaign; I was going to give him a call," said Susan Klaw, director of the Even Start Family School at Otis Elementary School in East Boston. Though she was joking about calling, she added: "At some gut level, I'm annoyed."
Yeah, glad I didn't work for him at all.
And check out the supporter! Yup, NOT GONNA DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT, just gonna be annoyed!!! This is why I have NO RESPECT for Obamamaniacs!!!!
What makes Even Start different from most other literacy programs is that parents and children learn together, with an emphasis on specific language skills for parents that will allow them to speak up for their children in school, help them with homework, and let them participate in their community. In Waltham, the program gets about $280,000 from the federal government that's matched by local sources, including the Waltham schools, which lend the space....
Yup, TRILLIONS for WARS and BANKS, but they can't even scrape together a few thousand for the kids!!!!
And here is the kicker, readers:
She came to this country with no English, so that her husband, who has two jobs, could find better work than he could in Mexico....
Oh, the program is for ILLEGALS!!!
That's why the Globe is featuring it!!!!
--more--"And you know what, readers?
On this one, I DON'T CARE!!!!
Not when I see something like this:
Waltham Family School (above) is one of Massachusetts' Even Start literacy programs. The others are in East Boston, Fall River, and Lowell. (Globe Staff Photo / Pat Greenhouse)."
I think reading and playing together is good for any child!!!
Oh, I must be a weak old man because I'm all full of tears right now.
You see that picture above? THAT is what is IMPORTANT in this WORLD!!!
CHILDREN!! All of them!!!!!!!
Related: Why Obama Is Blocking Torture Pics
Well, we are BACK WHERE WE STARTED, America!!!
"Photos show rape and sex abuse in Iraq jails: report
LONDON (Reuters) - Photographs of Iraqi prisoner abuse which U.S. President Barack Obama does not want released include images of apparent rape and sexual abuse, Britain's Daily Telegraph newspaper reported on Thursday.
The images are among photographs included in a 2004 report into prisoner abuse at Abu Ghraib prison conducted by U.S. Major General Antonio Taguba. Taguba included allegations of rape and sexual abuse in his report, and on Wednesday he confirmed to the Daily Telegraph that images supporting those allegations were also in the file.
"These pictures show torture, abuse, rape and every indecency," Taguba, who retired in January 2007, was quoted as saying in the paper..... The newspaper said at least one picture showed an American soldier apparently raping a female prisoner while another is said to show a male translator raping a male detainee.
We've lost, America!
We have no high ground, and we can never live down this shame.
All we can do is APOLOGIZE and BEG THEM for FORGIVENESS!!!!!!
Others are said to depict sexual assaults with objects including a truncheon, wire and a phosphorescent tube....
Sickening! Absolutely sickening!
The photographs relate to 400 alleged cases of abuse carried out at Abu Ghraib and six other prisons between 2001 and 2005.
--more--"And it CONTINUES to THIS DAY in our RENDERED, BLACK-HOLE SITES!!!!!
