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Posted at 6:32pm on Jun. 17, 2008 Allahpundit asks why Obama is beginning the walkback/sacrificial process on Gitmo.

I presume that it's a rhetorical question.

By Moe Lane

After all, Allahpundit's a smart guy; and besides the answer to why this little time bomb was slipped into the narrative...

And that is that we don’t have to treat these folks as US citizens. We don’t have to treat them in the same way that we would treat a criminal suspect in the U.S., but we should abide by the Geneva conventions. We should at least follow through on the same principals we followed though when dealing with Nazis during Nuremburg[*], that is not only the right thing to do but it also actually will strengthen our ability over the long term to fight terrorism."

...is fairly obvious:

13. The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that non-citizens suspected of terrorism who are being held in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, should be allowed to challenge their detentions in the U.S. civilian court system. (Supporters of this ruling say it provides detainees with basic constitutional rights.) (Critics of the ruling say only special military tribunals should be allowed, because hearings in open court could compromise terrorism investigations.) What's your view - do you think these detainees should or should not be able to challenge their detentions in the civilian court system?

Should 34
Should not 61
No opinion 6
6/15/08

So, really, all that's left is the decision of which Obama staffer will regrettably need to be sacrificed in order to expiate Obama's dishonor. I imagine that health care for that campaign is deceptively easy to come by; after all, it's not like anybody lasts long enough to collect...

Moe Lane

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