Bush acknowledges Guantanamo damages US image
It would appear that even Bush is bowing to the inevitable and agreeing that Guantanamo Bay is a stain on the American character and that it must be closed down.
"I'd like to close Guantanamo, but I also recognize that we're holding some people there that are darn dangerous and that we better have a plan to deal with them in our courts," Bush told a news conference in the White House Rose Garden.
The number of detainees may be reduced by nearly a fifth, according to an Afghan official who said there are plans to extradite all 96 Afghans, including several senior Taliban officials.
Bush said Guantanamo is seen by some countries as an example of the United States not living up to the principles it espouses on human rights.
"No question, Guantanamo sends, you know, a signal to some of our friends -- provides an excuse, for example, to say, 'The United States is not upholding the values that they're trying encourage other countries to adhere to,"' Bush said.
One shouldn't get too excited by this and rush to the presumption that Bush has suddenly acquired a brain or anything resembling a conscience when it comes to the subject of the US's Russian style Gulag. It is far more likely that he is bracing himself for the upcoming US Supreme Court ruling on whether or not it is legitimate for the US to set up special military tribunals to try some of the Guantanamo prisoners for war crimes.
By setting out his stall in this way, I suspect that he has been warned that the Supreme Court are likely to find against him.
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Kel, it all comes back to Alberto J Mora's memo that I wrote about. Which reminds me, I started doing a time line on it but I haven't finished part two..oops! :)
So wish I had more time to read..btw..I don't know how you've tackled 'blogger.com'..but I sure have problems putting anything in my sidebar..yours looks good!
Ingrid
Of course, then there is the left-wing British way of fighting terrorism:
http://hotair.com/archives/the-blog/2006/06/15/british-civics-class-encourages-kids-to-think-like-terrorists
Keep up the good work!
Thanks, Ingrid.
Tommy, you have linked me to a Michelle Malkin page that reports a 404 error, which is a waste of all our time as it's unreadable.
But once again, you are relying on others to make your argument for you.
Have you ever had an original thought in your head? You've yet to make an original argument, you seem to keep relying on other people to make it for you. In this case through a broken link.
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