Obama praises habeas corpus ruling (Flashback)

[Enrique]

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/13/us/politics/13candida...

Mr. Obama issued a statement calling the decision “a rejection of the Bush administration’s attempt to create a legal black hole at Guantánamo” that he said was “yet another failed policy supported by John McCain.”

“This is an important step,” he said of the ruling, “toward re-establishing our credibility as a nation committed to the rule of law, and rejecting a false choice between fighting terrorism and respecting habeas corpus. Our courts have employed habeas corpus with rigor and fairness for more than two centuries, and we must continue to do so as we defend the freedom that violent extremists seek to destroy.”

[jody]

1. Why do you bring up such inconvenient truths to challenge the audacity of hype? n/t

[incapsulated]

2. Huh? This is a postive old story about Obama

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/13/us/politics/13candidates.html

[jody]

3. Obama says “nation committed to the rule of law” but he ignores 600 so-called enemy combatants held

under his command at Bagram prison.

[incapsulated]

4. I honestly think that will change eventually, I hope

I think the situation on the ground is such a mess he isn't willing to make any changes yet. I'm not sure he even knows exactly what he is going to do in Afghanistan at this point.

[jody]

5. "change eventually, I hope" -- we may hear many such statements. n/t

[Enrique]

6. what do you base that on?

even Obama isn't saying that. This statement doesn't suggest this is an interim position.

"This Court’s Order of January 22, 2009 invited the Government to inform the Court by February 20, 2009, whether it intends to refine its position on whether the Court has jurisdiction over habeas petitions filed by detainees held at the United States military base in Bagram, Afghanistan," Acting Assistant Obama Attorney General Michael Hertz wrote in a brief filed Friday. "Having considered the matter, the Government adheres to its previously articulated position."

[incapsulated]

7. I don't expect it to

However, I will give him some time to deal with the whole mess before condemning him immediately.

[biopowertoday]

8. Its a bad way to start his presidency--the world is watching/listening.

[EraOfResponsibility]

9. wrong, incapsulated....haven't you learned anything from dear jody?

CONDEMN HIM NOW!!! DON'T WAIT!!!!! DECLARE DOOM AND GLOOM AND OH NOES!!! OBAMA HAS LET US DOWN!!! RUN FOR THE HILLS THE WORLD IS COMING TO AN END!!!!!



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