Thoughts 13 Dec 2006 05:30 pm
Stay the course
If nobody ever said that, how come there are so many news clips on You-tube showing Republicans using the phrase?
In response to the Baker report:
US President George W Bush has said he will not be rushed into deciding how to change his Iraq policy.
He said he was receiving advice, but would reject implementing “ideas that would lead to defeat” - such as “leaving before the job is done”.
In other words, W is throwing a 5 year old’s temper tantrum, and is refusing to quit playing “army” with live troops and is going to keep killing our men in a war that was started illegally, and far worse, a war that we cannot possibly win.
This is one of the many reasons that I have no respect left for King George, or his court jesters.
I will always respect the office, but it’s like saluting the uniform when it’s being worn by an idiot.
There are simply some things in life, that we mere mortals, can do nothing about.
And now, more news of no real interest, except to the extent that it points out how scary they can be in D.C.
“District Judge James Robertson rejected a challenge by Salim Ahmed Hamdan, a former driver of Osama Bin Laden.”
Interesting if boring headline, until you find out that this guy was the one who got the US Supreme Court to say that tribunals and a lack of habius corpus are illegal.
The end result, did he get a trial? No, King George simply signed a new law that established military commissions to try enemy combatants, and got a judge to go along, so it’s a long slow climb back up through the court system, assuming that is, that anyone challanges this new law any further, I doubt that Mr. Hamdan will be allowed that chance.
My personal opinions on how to deal with this particular individual are illegal in most countrys, but, there’s something about the incredible abuse of power that is being continually demonstrated by this administration, that I find more than a little unnerving.