* Shocked 9/11 Families Condemn Gitmo Shutdown…
* Remember: this is from a guy who doesn’t give a s*#t about the constitution or our values. This is a guy who fell through a hole in the flag. Its not about that Obambo is ‘concerned’ that we will be attacked again, as this misleading Reuters headline claims, yes, the chances are good they will attack us again, but hey: lets release them anyway and worry about it later!
Puff Ho: Generals Seek To Reverse Obama’s Iraq Withdrawal Decision
* The first fallout with the military. Petraeus on the way out. Remember: the Obaminator wants his own palace guard, his very own Gestapo, and has overall no liking for the military as we know it:
WASHINGTON, Feb 2 (IPS) – CENTCOM commander Gen. David Petraeus, supported by Defence Secretary Robert Gates, tried to convince President Barack Obama that he had to back down from his campaign pledge to withdraw all U.S. combat troops from Iraq within 16 months at an Oval Office meeting Jan. 21.
But Obama informed Gates, Petraeus and Joint Chiefs Chairman Adm. Mike Mullen that he wasn’t convinced and that he wanted Gates and the military leaders to come back quickly with a detailed 16-month plan, according to two sources who have talked with participants in the meeting.
A network of senior military officers is also reported to be preparing to support Petraeus and Odierno by mobilising public opinion against Obama’s decision.
Petraeus was visibly unhappy when he left the Oval Office, according to one of the sources. A White House staffer present at the meeting was quoted by the source as saying, “Petraeus made the mistake of thinking he was still dealing with George Bush instead of with Barack Obama.”
Forgiving Obama for Bush’s sins
Andrew Bolt – Tuesday, February 03, 09 (06:58 am)
George Bush was a war criminal for permitting such things, and Hollywood made films flaying him for it. But Barack Obama is the Messiah and is no doubt right to do what he thinks he must:
Under executive orders issued by Obama recently, the CIA still has authority to carry out what are known as renditions, secret abductions and transfers of prisoners to countries that cooperate with the United States.
And watch the Bush haters turn on a dime. For example, under Bush, Human Rights Watch insisted the US ”permanently discontinue the CIA’s rendition program”.
But under Obama, Human Rights Watch concedes that “under limited circumstances, there is a legitimate place” for renditions.
Dissenting Justice has more on such flip-flops. Instapundit isn’t surprised.
February 1, 2009
“We have fought and we fight and will fight any government that governs America”
Ali Hamza al Bahlul update: “Guantanamo jury sentences al Qaida video-maker to life,” by Carol Rosenberg for the Idaho Statesman, February 1:
GUANTANAMO BAY NAVY BASE, Cuba — A military jury Monday convicted Osama bin Laden’s media secretary of war crimes for creating an al Qaeda recruiting video that prosecutors argued incited suicide bombers. Within hours, the jury sentenced him to life in prison.
The convict, Ali Hamza al Bahlul, about 40, responded by breaking his week-long boycott of the trial with a 50-minute anti-American monologue.
He declared his devotion to Allah, berated the United States for the plight of the Palestinians and, noting his election-eve conviction, announced that radical Islam’s war with the West would persist with whoever succeeds President Bush.
”We have fought and we fight and will fight any government that governs America,” said Bahlul. He waved a poem he wrote in Arabic in praise of the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks, The Storm of the Airplanes.
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The Joint Chiefs of Staff HAVE AN ABSOLUTE CONSTITUTIONAL DUTY to stand behind Guantanamo Military Judge James Pohl UNTIL OBAMA OVERCOMES “RES IPSA LOQUITUR” BY SUPPLYING HIS LONG FORM BIRTH CERTIFICATE AND PROVING HIS ELIGIBILITY TO BE PRESIDENT UNDER ARTICLE 2 OF THE US CONSTITUTION.
I wonder do THINKING American people still think the LIAR that is the Obama Messiah is just wonderful or are the scales starting to drop . How long will it take for the National Hysteria to become National Anger.
How long will it take for him to say he is a Muslim. Any condemnation for his closet sentiments would see the leftist idiots scream racist. I would just see a man who lied to get to the oval office.