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Before we go breaking our arms patting ourselves on the back, let’s remember that correlation does not equal causation. Just because these events happened within close proximity does not mean that the latter was caused by the former.
Absolutely. I'm sure Obama's plan was to go on ABC and make noises about not closing Guantanamo right away and using torture-obtained confessions and other tainted-evidence, and then send out advisers the next day to leak to the NYT that he really intended to do so quickly and in a way that would please the ACLU. I'm sure the anger and criticisms he provoked had nothing to do with it.
While the application of reasonable pressure is unquestionably appropriate (an obligation that was abrogated by many during the last eight years)let’s not turn this whole thing into a circular firing squad before the man even takes office.
Thanks for providing the proof -- just in case people didn't believe me -- that people really do use these empty platitudes to demand that Obama not be criticized. No circular firing squads. A penny saved is a penny earned. Yes we can.
