Guantanamo
The Supreme Court of
the
United States did it's duty yesterday. I'm wondering if the
Democrats in Congress will do theirs when the President brings his
bill to negate the Supreme Court's ruling to them. In the past,
they've capitulated. Now, there should be no excuses. Bush is a
lame duck (not to say lame-brained) president, and there is nothing
to lose by opposing him on this. However, I'm not at all hopeful
that the Democrats will turn coward on this (though I'm not sure what
they're afraid of) and capitulate again. I even expect Obama to do
something craven on this, for fear he'll be painted as "soft"
(really, not Republican or idiot enough).
The amount of damage to the reputation of the United States done by the Guantanamo policy is beyond measure at this point. It’s time to close this illegal prison. Comes to that, it’s time to give the base back to the Cubans, and bring the US forces there – like the US forces in every other country in the world – home.
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