The Usual Suspects on the left and in the MSM (but I repeat myself) have exploded in outrage over what was “revealed” in Bush-era “torture/interrogation” memos released yesterday by an Obama administration desperate to prove that government should be “transparent” (even though by their own standards, the only transparency they’re interested in is transparency for past administrations, not the current one).
Read this post about Obama’s visit to Iraq last week, specifically the part where it is alleged that prior to the event the troops were polled as to which ones supported Obama, and those who answered yes were supposedly ushered to the front of the receiving line and given cameras they were told to hold up and take pictures with.
“When will Barack Obama apologize to George Bush?” – Ed Morrissey, wondering when Obama will finally get around to point blank acknowledging his naive campaign-era view of habeas corpus rights of suspected terrorists, in light of a Friday story in the NYT about how the Obama administration plans to appeal a district court ruling “that granted some military prisoners in [Bagram Air Base] Afghanistan the right to file lawsuits seeking their release.”
It’s interesting but not altogether surprising to see how the mainstream media is reporting on the heroic rescue of Captain Richard Phillips from the clutches of pirates in the Indian Ocean over the weekend by Navy Seals. The way they’re spinning it, you’d think that Obama himself had personally fired the three sniper shots that killed three of the four pirates holding Captain Phillips.
When it comes to Democrat administrations, you can count on them doing two things: raising taxes and gutting the military. Carter did it, Clinton did it, and now Obama is preparing to do it.
