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Obama's kinder, gentler military commissions

Bush critics vehemently objected to the idea of commissions generally. Will they continue to do so now that Obama supports them?

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  • Friday, May 15, 2009 06:35 AM

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    It's time to think about it. Long and hard.

    The other aspect of it, and you hinted at this the other day, is this: Under Bush, half the country was trained to recite all sorts of dangerous propositions about how important it is to vest The President with all sorts of powers to keep us safe, how vital it is that he keep things secret to protect us from the Terrorists, how we can trust in our leaders to exercise in ways we don't understand because we know he's good at heart.

    And now, with Obama, a significant portion of the other half of the country is being trained to recite the same things.

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