Comments on: Wilkerson on Guantanamo http://www.lies.com/wp/2009/03/19/wilkerson-on-guantanamo/ believe nothing... Wed, 22 May 2013 17:57:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 By: NorthernLite http://www.lies.com/wp/2009/03/19/wilkerson-on-guantanamo/#comment-142593 NorthernLite Fri, 20 Mar 2009 18:41:35 +0000 http://www.lies.com/?p=3420#comment-142593 "Mr. Obama... Tear down that building!" Some foreign leader could make history by shouting those words. “Mr. Obama… Tear down that building!”

Some foreign leader could make history by shouting those words.

]]> By: shcb http://www.lies.com/wp/2009/03/19/wilkerson-on-guantanamo/#comment-142589 shcb Fri, 20 Mar 2009 03:26:22 +0000 http://www.lies.com/?p=3420#comment-142589 You guys are over thinking this one, the reason Bush isn’t saying much isn’t because of some diabolical plan, it is because he is holding to the tradition of not criticizing his successor. I know this comes as a shock after Carter’s dismal record in this regard and to a much less extent Clinton’s but there are gentlemen remaining, I suspect Obama will adhere to this tradition in a gentlemanly manner as well. Another part is that Obama understands much of what Bush did was valid. And of course there is the political aspects of his decisions, there always are. But the bulk of the reason Obama is doing what he is doing is that he is simply in something of a no win situation of no fault of his own. He wouldn’t have done things the way Bush did them whether Bush was right or wrong but now he has no choice but to finish what has been started. Now he isn’t going to please either of us so all he can really do is not piss either of us off completely and hope that the voters in the middle look at this as a non issue, all without compromising security, and there is a little luck involved there. All in all he is doing about the best he can with the hand he has been dealt. You guys are over thinking this one, the reason Bush isn’t saying much isn’t because of some diabolical plan, it is because he is holding to the tradition of not criticizing his successor. I know this comes as a shock after Carter’s dismal record in this regard and to a much less extent Clinton’s but there are gentlemen remaining, I suspect Obama will adhere to this tradition in a gentlemanly manner as well. Another part is that Obama understands much of what Bush did was valid. And of course there is the political aspects of his decisions, there always are.

But the bulk of the reason Obama is doing what he is doing is that he is simply in something of a no win situation of no fault of his own. He wouldn’t have done things the way Bush did them whether Bush was right or wrong but now he has no choice but to finish what has been started. Now he isn’t going to please either of us so all he can really do is not piss either of us off completely and hope that the voters in the middle look at this as a non issue, all without compromising security, and there is a little luck involved there. All in all he is doing about the best he can with the hand he has been dealt.

]]> By: NorthernLite http://www.lies.com/wp/2009/03/19/wilkerson-on-guantanamo/#comment-142499 NorthernLite Thu, 19 Mar 2009 20:27:43 +0000 http://www.lies.com/?p=3420#comment-142499 I hope you're man, the logic makes sense to me. I hope you’re man, the logic makes sense to me.

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