Speaking today on a wide array of topics, President Barack Obama conceded his failure to get the detention center at Guantanamo Bay closed within a year of his taking office, despite making repeated pledges to do so. He insisted it was “not for lack of trying.”
Following this President Obama insisted that the American justice system is “strong enough” to convinct people but then launched into a defense of the military tribunal system on the basis that it is “very hard” to put together evidence against people.
Even though the government couldn’t assemble enough evidence for a conviction “we know that this person is guilty,” insisted Obama, saying that is what the military commissions system is for.
The rest of the speech jumped around on foreign and domestic policy comments, insisting that he’d still really like to see Osama bin Laden killed and that he remains optimistic about the Mideast peace process.
"we know that this person is guilty"- so what need is there for courts? It is astonishing that someone as (supposedly) educated as this man would make such a statement. A statement so childish, so absurd, as to be breathtaking. What use Congress, if you can just assert that "we know what laws to make." What use elections: "we know who should run the country."
Who else does he know is guilty?
King George III would have been embarrassed to say such things.
It's time to recognize that this man is a tyrant.
The American so-called "Justice" system is failure. It does nothing but injustice to Muslims labeled extremists/radicals.
Do you notice how the Democrats just want to talk about the 'tea-partiers'?
If you go on the websites of the Democrat noise machine, this is what you've seen all summer long. Scary stories about how bad it would be if the 'tea-partiers' took power.
That's because that's all the Democrats have to run on. After all, they can't go back to their base and claim credit for ….
— giving hundreds of billions to wall street when they wanted it, but being very stingy with any money for stimulus and job creation.
— continuing Bush's war in Iraq exactly along Bush's plan. Then turning around and telling everyone what a great President Bush was for starting the war.
— escalating the war in Afghanistan and making a worse quaqmire out of a useless war that gains US citizens nothing.
— passing the great "Big Health Corporation Big Profit Guarantee Act of 2010" with its mandated customers for health insurance companies, but any reforms put on hold for four years.
— and now, telling us that Gitmo is great, that military commissions that break the fundamental American guarantees of a trial by jury, and that torture is the American way.
When you look at Obama's record, you can see why the entire Democratic campaign strategy for this fall seems to be playing the 'politics of fear' card about the tea-partiers and Sarah Palin.
Oh well, don't blame me. I didn't vote for this fool. To me, this was obvious way before the election when you saw Obama taking tens of millions in corporate campaign bribes and telling everyone that Ronald Reagan was his favorite President. I don't know what the idiots who did vote for Obama were thinking, but to me it was obvious that we'd get pretty much exactly this. After all, what did anyone think Wall Street was paying for when they gave Obama those tens of millions of dollars?
It is not often that we are treated with such supreme high end hypocrisy. Is having war crimes trials for captured children what you are talking about Mr President? Do you really think that it is justice to try someone who was a boy when captured and under the strong influence of his family may have tossed a grenade at America's invading army….to try this sad boy captured as a child for war crimes?? When there are so many [so near] who clearly HAVE committed mass murder and REAL war crimes under Geneva.??? Can you REALLY live with yourself, look in the mirror while dispensing such distortions of the rule of law… If the evidence is too hard to "put together", why not use a forum which doesn't really care ABOUT EVIDENCE……. [the caps were an accident, but perhaps divine intervention..so I'm keeping them] Yes what a good solution, can't put together evidence, use a jury that doesn't really care about evidence… Jolly good Mr President, but if you do…don't expect my vote! And worse you, become more enmeshed in the criminality and the mind numbing injustice that America seems hellbent to project as it's amoral murderous face, Ya, DUDE…It's YOU..!!! "It must be the children's fault"…!!! SHAME ON ME….SHAME ON YOU…..SHAME ON US ALL…….SHAME ON AMERICA!!!
Well at least the president sought to spread fogs and double speak enough to somehow seem to uphold (the non-existing) law and order of his regime.
You can always dig up one little child that got happier, or one soldier or citizen, who found "Der Führers" speach meaningful, blossoming with love and very just! You would be hard pressed, though, to find anyone believing the president also takes FULL responsibility and swears to stand up in court and defend EVERYTHING personally.
Not so help me God, but at most so help me the military.
What a bunch of low scum cowards the United States produce with their system and regime! A system designed for eternal self-approval!
Obama openly admits he is violating, and has violated his oath of office. His offense, not a minor one, is impeachable, and he should therefore be impeached, and deservedly, removed from office. Once removed, he should be criminally prosecuted.
Unfortunately, the wimpy congress will not do this because they agree with his actions, or lack of actions. This seems to be a weakness of our Constitution…a lack of an effective enforcement mechanism.