Comments on: Democrats close national security gap, follow evil Bush policies

By: Patterico’s Pontifications » Pres. Obama and the Reality Bomb

Patterico’s Pontifications » Pres. Obama and the Reality Bomb — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 07:27:50 +0000

[...] problems Obama faces here are the flip side of his decisions to embrace — and possibly extend — the Bush administration’s war policies. These are decisions made [...]

By: Amphipolis

Amphipolis — Thu, 21 May 2009 12:30:31 +0000

And McCain was not so different from Bush, was he?

And it turns out Obama is no different…no, I just can’t say the rest of it. It seems cruel to pop the bubble they are in.

Reminds me of the description of women in Conrad’s Heart of Darkness:
It’s queer how out of touch with truth women are. They live in a world of their own, and there had never been anything like it and never can be. It is too beautiful altogether, and if they were to set it up it would go to pieces before the first sunset. Some confounded fact we men have been living with consistently every since the day of creation would start up and knock the first thing over.

By: Amphipolis

Amphipolis — Thu, 21 May 2009 12:21:48 +0000

They wanted Bush out. So they went with a fantasy.

I thought only adults had the franchise in this country.

By: Obama Reversed On Gitmo « Something should go here, maybe later.

Obama Reversed On Gitmo « Something should go here, maybe later. — Thu, 21 May 2009 11:06:59 +0000

[...] boy isn’t going to take it lying down? Gee who’d have thunk it. Getting scared? You should be. Lest you doubt that Karl’s right and that the GOP’s winning this debate — resoundingly — [...]

By: DRJ

DRJ — Thu, 21 May 2009 04:20:46 +0000

I recommend Beldar's extended take on moving Gitmo terrorists onto U.S. soil.

By: Beldar

Beldar — Thu, 21 May 2009 04:14:30 +0000

I confess, I’m not sure why Supermax is safe enough to hold someone as dangerous as Ramzi Yousef but not safe enough to hold KSM or Abu Zubaydah ....

It's not just about keeping the terrorists in, or just keeping a few isolated terrorists in. It's about who might try to spring them if they're all moved from Gitmo, and how easy you want to make that, and what collateral consequences you want to invite by requiring that efforts to do so take place on American soil. (My more extended take on this exact topic is here.)

By: steve

steve — Thu, 21 May 2009 03:15:35 +0000

Caldera was not a Bush holdover.

I apologize.

By: SPQR

SPQR — Thu, 21 May 2009 02:58:06 +0000

And yet again, TheEmperor shows utter ignorance of modern politics with this: “And McCain was not so different from Bush, was he? ”

Sheesh.

By: SPQR

SPQR — Thu, 21 May 2009 02:56:50 +0000

It was Obama that changed the head of the WHMO from a serving officer. Sheesh, steve, is there any limit to what you’ll make up?

By: JD

JD — Thu, 21 May 2009 02:52:27 +0000

DRJ – You are correct. Caldera was a Clinton appointee, but steve could not allow a little fact to get in the way of Teh Narrative.