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Each and every day, my respect for Obama lessens. When he said he would fight to repeal "Don't Ask, Don't Tell," I believed him. When he said he would set out to shut down Guantanamo Bay, I trusted him...
...Now, it seems that he has spent the past month or so -- rather than upholding the values of our constitution, indeed, the very basic moral principles of western civilization, the great charter of freedoms -- appeasing a moribund right wing.
The men detained in Cuba are NOT prisoners of war. There is no war. There never was a war. These men are captives. They are caged on grounds that would be untenable in a court of law (...perhaps not in Burma). They may be vile, their zeal for jihad may be unrelenting. Nonetheless, they have yet to commit a crime against the US. They are held for "future crimes."
Obama contradicts himself in this speech.
