What do you propose we do with them?
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/21/us...?_r=3&emc=eta1WASHINGTON — President Obama told human rights advocates at the White House on Wednesday that he was mulling the need for a “preventive detention” system that would establish a legal basis for the United States to incarcerate terrorism suspects who are deemed a threat to national security but cannot be tried, two participants in the private session said.
Looks like another example of more of the same, plus the next step to totalitarianism. Obama has consistently not only reneged on his promises to change government, but also consistently adds to the unconstitutional corruption of his predecessor. He kept the FISA bill in place and added to its powers; actively lied and covered evidence of deliberate governmental interference with the banking system, and now wants to do with U.S. citizens what Bush did with suspected terrorist and combatants. Some friggin "change" we have here.
What do you propose we do with them?
What the hell do you think we do with them? If they are U.S. citizens, or even legal U.S. residents, we give them full constitutional protections exactly as we are supposed to.
If they are suspected of criminal activity, the LEAs investigate, find evidence enough to prosecute, get a grand jury indictment, and prosecute.
If we do anything less, we may as well burn the Constitution now and give ourselves over to whatever dictatorship arises.
This is a change from the last administration?
SM,
I have to go on the other side on this one. Big surprise huh?
He is talking about suspected terrorists not necessarily real terrorists. Now, I know that you have not been a fan of the Obama administration. Open your mouth one too many times and you might just find yourself incarcerated as a "suspected terrorist" without hope of a trial.
And whatever you do, don't stand out in front of an abortion clinic holding a sign that reads, "Abortion is Murder".
Immie
Here's to the end of our two leading "tyrannical" political parties and the restoration of our government of the people, by the people, for the people.
That's been my central point the last three threads I have started. Where is this change we can believe in? All I see is more of the same. More pandering to billionaires with our taxes, more trampling on the Constitution.
The only "change" I see is mindless support from those who protested loudest against these same things when they came from Bush.
Preventive detention? In other words, punishing someone for what we think they might do?
That is disgusting.
Obama is a tool for the MID.
He's a refined Bush
The stone that the builder refused
Will always be the head corner stone
There is already a thread on this topic:
http://www.justplainpolitics.com/bus...ms-t18865.html
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Sometimes it looks more like criticism from former Bush supporters is limited to the obvious hypocrisy of supporting ( or carefully ignoring) a policy that was heapingly criticized under Bush. And sometimes it is apparent they are decrying the actual policy - which would BE hypocrisy. And sometimes it is difficult to tell for certain what the aim of the criticism is - other than the fact Obama is not from the "correct" party.
All I can say is it did not take the current exchange of mindless rhetoric to know that party trumps all in partisan politics.
If you have evidence that they will do us harm you might have a case. But many of those at Gitmo were brought there because of no such info.
If you have evidence that they were training terrorists or training as a terrorist that is one thing. But are all the detainees under that reasoning?
Check to see how many were brought there because of the uncorroborated information from sources that cannot be checked and may or may not be verifiable.
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