November 25, 2011
A FOLLOWER, NOT A LEADER:
Assassinating the Rule of Law (Leonard C. Goodman, 11/25/11, In These Times)
The lawyers declared that Obama may accept the word of the CIA, which is able to bury evidence so it can never be second-guessed.
Of all the promises made by candidate Barack Obama, it was his promise to end the lawlessness of the Bush years by closing Guantanamo, ending torture and restoring the United States' reputation for justice that got me out in the streets and knocking on doors. And it is President Obama's failure to keep these promises that makes it impossible for me to support him again.
President Bush's foreign policy was roundly criticized by most of the world and by candidate Obama. Following 9/11, Bush's foreign policy was simple: If my administration decides that you are a terrorist or a terrorist supporter, we reserve the right to invade and occupy your country, kill you or send you halfway around the world to a prison camp. [...]
Obama has carried on where Bush left off. Realizing that captured American-born terror suspects must be given a hearing, Obama decided it would be more convenient to kill them.
Posted by Orrin Judd at November 25, 2011 7:45 AM
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