Wednesday, March 18, 2009

Prisoners of W...

January 22, 2009, President Obama signs order to close Guantanamo Bay prison facility

See the full story "Prisoners of W--" dated Wednesday, March 18, 2009 at:
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123734209584965205.html

Soap Box Ravings can't help but wonder what happened to all the drama regarding those innocent prisoners being held and tortured by President G.W. Bush in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba now that the Messiah is in charge.

As the article, "Prisoners of W--", states President Obama's lather-rinse-repeat approach to the legal war on terror is familiar: He lambastes his predecessor, then makes cosmetic changes that leave the substance of Bush policy intact.

Although, he did make one major change last week when he firmly and resolutely renounced the term "enemy combatant" although his the "new standard" for detaining terrorists is identical to the old one.