Dangerous Game

February 3, 2009 at 7:45 pm | Posted in Obama, Terrorism | Leave a comment
Tags: Guantanamo, Obama, Terrorism

Wall Street Journall Op/Ed page hits two really great points in two articles. Playing politics about prisoners while a war is still being waged is a dangerous game.

One piece argues that if waterboarding is the unconscionable act you said it was just months ago, outlaw it:

“When it is argued, for example, that Navy Seals have undergone waterboarding as part of their training, the response is, well, waterboarding someone as part of his military training is different from waterboarding someone in custody. Yes: Of course it is. In the real world, circumstances and context are crucial to our moral judgments.” Read more…

And then this piece that wonders if anyone’s going to look at the vapid arrogance and unsupportable illogic of Obama’s prettyspeech:

“Mr. Obama argued that it was just by such steps that we strengthened our security. In his own words: “It is precisely our ideals that give us the strength and the moral high ground to be able to effectively deal with the unthinking violence that we see emanating from terrorist organizations around the world.”

What can this mean? What moral high ground, exactly, would have enabled us to deter the designs of the religious fanatics in search of martyrdom and the slaughter of as many Americans as possible on September 11?” Read more….