Archives for the 'GWOT' Category
So We Don’t Need To Interrogate Him …
Published on 19 Nov 2009 at 1:14 pm.
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Filed under GWOT, al qaeda, hated Crusaders.
But is it OK if we just leave the lights on, crank the AC/DC,* give him a bath or 183, and maybe walk the dogs? Not to extract information or anything illegal like that … but no jihadi’s martyrdom at the hands of the hated Crusaders is complete without it. Wouldn’t want to disappoint.
I guess not, seeing as [...]
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That Rattling Noise You Hear
Published on 17 Nov 2009 at 6:50 am.
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Filed under GWOT, Obama, al qaeda.
Is the sound of this news knocking around inside Obama’s tin ear. Two-thirds of Americans want KSM tried in military court. CNN:
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Jihadilocks & The GWOT Bear
Published on 3 Nov 2009 at 1:15 pm.
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Filed under GWOT, nature.
Don’t worry, it has a happy ending. Bear vs. AK-toting muj in a Kashmiri cave, bear wins. Scratch two jihadis. BBC report suggests a sort of Islamic extremist take on the Goldilocks story. Jihadilocks occupy the bear’s den, are making pudding when GWOT Bear comes home. “Who’s been making pudding in MY cave.”
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Great News!
Published on 2 Nov 2009 at 7:14 am.
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Filed under GWOT, Israel, al qaeda.
Al-Shabab, the Somali al-Qaeda affiliate, has threatened to attack Israel. It’s PO’d about al-Aqsa, which shows a new worldliness for a group whose top agenda items have been getting a cut of the local piracy bonanza, getting Somalia off its khat habit, and turning Mogadishu into an Islamic paradise, or else. CNN:
Pak Dawn, Pak Trutherism
Published on 22 Oct 2009 at 10:13 am.
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Filed under GWOT, Obama, Pakistan, Taliban.
Irony abounds. What $11 billion in US aid couldn’t do, some guys in pajamas with a handful of homemade bombs manage. Pakistan is onside, fighting hard in South Waziristan. It’s dawn over Islamabad as the Pak Taliban’s bombing campaign has united Pakistan squarely against Islamic extremism, and moves the Paks to action. In fact, some guys in [...]
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Happy Valley Jihad!
Published on 20 Oct 2009 at 10:42 pm.
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Filed under GWOT, dummkopf!, moronocy.
The Amherst Board of Selectmen, which ranks with the city councils of Berkeley and Cambridge as one of the more earnest and well-intentioned deliberative bodies this side of the Atlantic, has voted to accept two Guantanamo detainees … one Algerian and one Russian convert to Islam … upon their release. This is their jihad! But it [...]
It’s A Complex, Complex, Complex World
Published on 30 Aug 2009 at 7:42 am.
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Filed under GWOT, al qaeda.
Waterboarding, bad. Disrupting terrorist plots that could kill thousands of innocents, good.
What to do?
The Washington Post popped out, on the Saturday when everyone was distracted by Ted K’s funeral, the news that Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, after initially resisting, became highly cooperative after his dunking and coughed up information that led to the arrest of dozens of AQ [...]
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And Now For Something Completely Different
Published on 24 Aug 2009 at 9:21 pm.
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Filed under GWOT, Obama.
Washington Post: Holder to appoint prosecutor to investigate terror interrogations. Sounds like someone wants to change the subject. I like the part where they say the Obama admin doesn’t want him to do it, but add that the Obama admin is OK with him doing it.
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War On Terror’s Over!
Published on 6 Aug 2009 at 9:08 pm.
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Filed under Bush, GWOT, Obama, hated Crusaders, moronocy.
I guess that means Bush won. Ha ha, just kidding!
Seriously, the Obamists haven’t quite figured out how to fight it yet … their best ideas have been to keep Bush’s best ideas going … but they do know how they want to talk about it. They’re all done with the “war on terrorism.” Jon Ward and [...]
Freedom Of Jihad
Published on 30 Jul 2009 at 11:25 am.
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Filed under GWOT, Obama, al qaeda, explosives, moronocy.
My old pal Richard Reid,* aka Federal Inmate No. 24079-038, popularly known as the “shoe bomber,” is suing for his right to communicate and pray … with a bunch of other al-Qaeda types. Debra Burlingame at the Wall Street Journal explains how Reid’s lawsuit and a better-liked DOJ seems more amenable to allowing him to share the company [...]
Deadline Issues
Published on 21 Jul 2009 at 8:30 am.
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Filed under GWOT, Guantanamo, Obama, hated Crusaders.
The hated Crusader gulag gets a reprieve as the Obama admin misses its deadline, extends for another six months. No, not the deadline on closing Guantanamo. The deadline for reporting on how they plan to do that. Surber does the honors:
Six months ago, The Won promised a report on the U.S. detention and interrogation policy by July [...]
Big Hush-Hush Secret: U.S. Plotted To Kill AQ Leaders
Published on 13 Jul 2009 at 9:55 am.
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Filed under GWOT, al qaeda, moronocy.
The Wall Street Journal reports the big secret plan the CIA on Dick Cheney’s orders didn’t tell Congress about was a program to target al-Qaeda leaders for assassination. Turns out Congress was kind of told about it. Apparently wanting to kill al-Qaeda leaders is wrong:
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Feel His Pain
Published on 27 Jun 2009 at 8:26 am.
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Obama may be forced to order indefinite detention of terror suspects. Don’t worry, he isn’t doing it because he thinks it’s the right thing to do. Washington Post:
HOT
Published on 29 May 2009 at 7:54 am.
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Filed under America, Bush, GWOT, Obama, military.
Lady Gaga and Small Wars Journal. Both hot. But don’t take my word for it. Rolling Stone:
Since we launched the Hot List in 1986, we’ve had our share of hits and misses (check our cover gallery to revisit all out past Hot Issues, from Angelina to Giselle to Britney). In 1988, we profiled “Hot Character Actor” [...]
Jump-Shark Waterboarded!
Published on 23 May 2009 at 8:35 am.
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Filed under GWOT, moronocy.
As shockjock Mancow, with a listener-voted waterboarding experiment, definitively establishes that it is torture. With multiple lefty endorsements, it’s the definitive shark-jumping torture determination! NBC Chicago:
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Split-Screen Irony Alert
Published on 21 May 2009 at 9:20 am.
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Filed under Cheney, GWOT, Guantanamo, Obama, hated Crusaders, moronocy, terrorists.
Politico on a remarkable moment in the political history of television:
President Barack Obama plans to say in his speech Thursday that the U.S. lost its way in fighting terrorism over the last eight years by failing to trust its institutions and values, according to an administration official.
That’s fascinating. Couldn’t agree more. Living through the last [...]
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Kinder, Gentler GWOT
Published on 19 May 2009 at 10:06 am.
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Fascinating article at The New Republic seeks to pants Cheney on his claim that Obama is endangering the United States by reversing Bush anti-terrorism policies. Posits that Obama, though adopting Bush policies wholesale, is in fact fighting terrorism smarter. Gentler.
Jack Goldsmith, a Harvard Law prof and former Bush AAG, a soft-power advocate who left after less than [...]
Wicked Web Woven
Published on 14 May 2009 at 9:16 pm.
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Filed under Bush, GWOT, pols.
By someone. This is fascinating. Sounds like Pelosi plans to pit her word against the CIA. Or she’s betting on the CIA staying mum, keeping its agents out of the limelight. Then there’s ex-CIA Chief Porter Goss, who was there as a ranking Republican congressman at the time. Maybe she figures she can take him on the [...]
Nancy Is Very Bright But Doesn’t Apply Herself
Published on 12 May 2009 at 7:55 am.
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Filed under GWOT, pols.
Her latest excuse: Respect for appropriate legislative channels ate her homework. Politico:
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Liar, Liar
Published on 8 May 2009 at 7:48 am.
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Filed under GWOT, hated Crusaders, pols.
Pants on fire. CIA reports Pelosi was briefed on the use of “enhanced interrogation techniques” on Abu Zubaydah in 2002. Last month, the House Speaker claimed that as a member of the House Intel Committee she was only informed of the legal opinions, to explain why she raised no objections at the time. Turns out [...]
Condi Vs. The Pantywaists
Published on 3 May 2009 at 10:02 am.
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Filed under GWOT, Guantanamo, hated Crusaders.
Scott Horton at Harper’s, no slouch as a pantywaist himself, gives it to the pantywaists in a TKO as Condi butts heads with indignant lefty students at Stanford.
For eight years, Condoleezza Rice dealt with the Beltway punditry and the access-craving White House press corps. The reception she got, with a handful of exceptions, was fawning. Which leaves her totally [...]
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Ha Ha
Published on 2 May 2009 at 9:44 am.
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Filed under GWOT, Guantanamo, Obama, hated Crusaders.
Sorry, that’s all the commentary I can spit out, with the Cheerios flying at the computer screen and the milk coming out my nose. NYT: US May Revive Military Courts at Guantanamo.
Spanish Inquisition Update
Published on 16 Apr 2009 at 12:18 pm.
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Filed under GWOT, Spain, al qaeda.
Spanish prosecutors attempt to unstupid a judge … again. via Yahoo: Spain’s AG declines to prosecute idiot judge’s effort to haul Bush admin officials into their Euro Star Chamber on torture charges. (No cruel Spanish Inquisition jokes, please.)
This is more or less how it works in Spain, where some judges apparently (A) think the Daily Kos and like-minded [...]
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GWOT Over
Published on 30 Mar 2009 at 11:10 pm.
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Filed under Afghanistan, Clintons, GWOT, Obama.
It ends not with a whimper but with more of a dismissive tone, as Hillary Clinton offhandedly dispenses with the term. Prior to offhandedly dismissing eight years of international aid efforts that in a number of cases have cost western aid workers and Afghans their lives.
Counterinsurgency Primer
Published on 16 Mar 2009 at 9:33 am.
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Filed under Australia, GWOT, military.
Max Boot at WSJ on David Kilcullen’s The Accidental Guerrilla: Fighting Small Wars in the Midst of a Big One, ranks it among the classics of war.
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Viva La GWOT!
Published on 26 Feb 2009 at 9:19 am.
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The Bush policies are dead. Long live the Bush policies! WSJ:
Economic Wartime Presidency
Published on 18 Feb 2009 at 3:58 pm.
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Filed under Bush, GWOT, Obama, money.
He didn’t seek this crisis any more than George Bush sought 9/11. It was thrust on him. With the $787 billion Democratic economic stimulation plan, and the $75 billion to homeowners in financial distress as well as those currently just having fits of pique,* Obama in less than a month is closing within a couple billion of George [...]
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Meanwhile, In Worm Turnage News
Published on 12 Feb 2009 at 10:00 am.
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Greenwald’s been in a state of excitment for some time over the mounting crimes of the Obama administration, but today, he’s thrilled to see that Kennedy, Leahy, Arlen Specter etc. … the left wing of the United States Senate’s left wing plus fellow travelers …
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Daniel Pearl And The Normalization Of Evil
Published on 3 Feb 2009 at 9:23 am.
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Filed under GWOT, academia, terrorists.
This one reminds me of that line from the old lefty anthem, “… when will they ever learn?” UCLA Prof Judea Pearl at WSJ looks at the world around him and, as the 7th anniversary of his son’s murder approaches, finds it hard to look Daniel Pearl’s portrait and say, “You did not die in [...]
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GWOT As We Say
Published on 1 Feb 2009 at 10:18 am.
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Obama keeps rendition as a CIA anti-terrorism tool. LA Times. I thought rendition was bad, but apparently it depends who’s doing it. So, with Gitmo being shuttered, whatcha gonna do with them once you have them? Article’s a little unclear on that, suggests human rights types are OK with it as long as jihadis end up in open [...]
FKATWOT
Published on 30 Jan 2009 at 11:55 am.
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Doesn’t exactly trip off the tongue too easily, but Norm Geras has a new name for it and is diligently tracking references to the conflict Formerly Known As The War On Terror. I’ve just being trying to figure out whether we’re gonna fight it or not. Signals a little mixed: Everything Old Is New Again; [...]
Justice Delay
Published on 30 Jan 2009 at 10:24 am.
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Filed under GWOT, Guantanamo, Obama, justice, terrorists.
Rejected as military judge declines Obama admin request to put off the arraignment of an accused USS Cole plotter. NYT:
Big War-Small Wars Deep Think
Published on 28 Jan 2009 at 8:58 am.
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Australian counterinsurgency practitioner/thinker David Kilcullen has a book out, The Accidental Guerrilla: Fighting Small Wars in the Midst of a Big One that looks at current counterinsurgency challenges across the board and our response, informed by his own participation in and observation of same. Reviews:
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Who Ya Gonna Blame?
Published on 25 Jan 2009 at 8:26 am.
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Filed under GWOT, Guantanamo, Nazis, Obama, hated Crusaders, terrorists.
George Bush! That didn’t take long, either. Turns out it’s his fault they can’t close Guantanamo right away. Obama admin officials complain about lack of comprehensive case files. Turns out shutting down the law enforcement operation formerly known as GWOT is complicated. Washington Post:
GWOT Back On Again
Published on 23 Jan 2009 at 9:40 pm.
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Allah be praised. Part of it’s back on, anyway, as Obama continues the war criminal Bush’s practice of whacking suspected terrorists across borders without international authority, without a warrant, without whatever you’re supposed to have when you kill jihadis. What a relief. I was afraid he might entirely wienie out on anything not UN approved. Surely the generals [...]
GWOT Over! Jihad Akhbar!
Published on 23 Jan 2009 at 8:57 am.
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Filed under GWOT, Obama, terrorists.
Free World leadership, via Washington Post: Global War on Terror Over! Gitmo, other trappings of hated Bushitlerism ditched!
Terrorists, via NYT: Global War of Terror Still On! Freed AQ Chief is new AQ in Yemen big!
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Bold Step Drastically Contemplated
Published on 21 Jan 2009 at 1:24 pm.
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Obama admin circulates a draft order to close Gitmo in a year. You can call that a pander if you want, or you could call it a major toe in the water. Key details via Yahoo News:
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Tests
Published on 21 Jan 2009 at 11:13 am.
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War news roundup at Small Wars Journal points to a couple of quick training-wheel foreign policy tests for Obama. The Biden theory is that within six months, he’ll get a big test. Could be. The Crittenden theory is that while we’re waiting for that, Obama will continue to be faced with a lot of small and medium-sized [...]
About That Torture Thing
Published on 14 Jan 2009 at 9:11 am.
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There’s a lot of fretting over whether Obama will do the right thing about Guantanamo, and whether the CIA will barred from using harsh interrogation methods in the GWOT.* Greenwald’s having a snit. Now a Guantanamo judge comes forward, says she barred a trial for one terror suspect because his unkind treatment was torture.
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Bush Admits He Ordered Torture …
Published on 11 Jan 2009 at 8:35 pm.
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… for kicks. Hang on, that’s just the usual Think Progress nonsense.
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Happy New Year?
Published on 24 Dec 2008 at 8:58 am.
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Filed under Afghanistan, GWOT, military.
Afghan counterinsurgency plans in the works. Dexter Filkins on plans to form local militias against the Taliban. NYT:
Kumbayah, My Whatever
Published on 23 Dec 2008 at 8:44 am.
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Filed under America, GWOT, God, ancient mysteries, celeb, other.
I was getting ready to snark on this Melissa Etheridge post at Huffpo, as heartfelt celeb activist statements are eminently snarkable. But it actually seems to represent a sincere effort to bridge divides, understand others, and get away from labeling everyone a homophobe who doesn’t like the way a handful of judges are reordering society … to [...]
War Is Heck
Published on 22 Dec 2008 at 8:27 am.
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Filed under GWOT, moronocy.
Exhibit A, Andrew Sullivan re Dick Cheney on presidential war powers:
Meanwhile, In Jihadi News
Published on 20 Dec 2008 at 11:28 am.
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Fox jihad on the Jihadis gets them booted from Facebook. Rupert Murdoch Akhbar! Quick GWOT roundup starts with this development re anti-social networking:
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Horrors Of Abu Ghraib
Published on 18 Dec 2008 at 9:53 pm.
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NYT ed board finally gets it right:
Senate Blames White House
Published on 11 Dec 2008 at 9:35 pm.
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For abuses, not individual soldiers. I’m more inclined to blame al Qaeda for the uncomfortable circumstances in which detainees find themselves. The global jihad/worldwide terror campaign was their idea in the first place. But here’s the news, via NYT. Yeah, it’s meant to be a gotcha:
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Danger’s Hour
Published on 9 Dec 2008 at 11:59 pm.
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Filed under GWOT, history, military.
What looks to be an interesting book by Maxwell Taylor Kennedy, son of Robert F. Kennedy, arrived in the mail today. For “Danger’s Hour: The Story of the USS Bunker Hill and the Kamikaze Pilot Who Crippled Her“ Max interviewed survivors on both sides and heavily researched the attack on the aircraft carrier on May 11, 1945. But there’s another [...]
The Trutherism Will Out!
Published on 8 Dec 2008 at 11:26 am.
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Michelle Malkin with the bad news for Truthers … Gitmo detainees plan to plead out re 9/11 … neglects to note that Khalid Sheik Mohammed’s crowing on this subject hasn’t quelled the troof yet. Big question for truthers to come to grips with … did they torture it out of them or is it all being done with [...]
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Pak It Up
Published on 30 Nov 2008 at 9:02 am.
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Filed under Afghanistan, GWOT, Pakistan, india.
Today’s South Asian reader starts with a captured Pak terrorist’s alleged confession that he’s Lashkar-e-Taiba. ISI chief’s Delhi visit off. Pak troops could move to India’s border. Pak pres, after tense meeting with Pak military, promises action on and and all Mumbai plotters. All of which either bodes very ill for India-Pak relations, or means Pakistan will [...]
Weekly Standard Bearers
Published on 22 Nov 2008 at 9:36 am.
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Filed under Bush, GWOT, Guantanamo, Obama.
Thomas Joscelyn on the unpleasant surprise awaiting the Obama admin re Gitmo. Clear and Present Danger:
… the important point for much of the commentariat is that Guantánamo will be shuttered. For Guantánamo’s many critics, the facility long ago became a symbol of all that is wrong with the Bush administration’s conduct of the war on [...]
