Originally Posted by Dozer523
Okay class. . . , lets read the entire article, not just the headline and lead.
Bush “War on Terror” Comes to a Sudden End.
Obama signals that America’s reach in battling enemies will not be limitless.
WASHINGTON - President Obama yesterday eliminated the most controversial tools employed by his predecessor against terrorism suspects. With the stroke of his pen, he effectively declared an end to the "war on terror," as President George W. Bush had defined it, signaling to the world that the reach of the U.S. government in battling its enemies will not be limitless. Obama says he has no plans to diminish counterterrorism operations abroad.
But, if Obama says he has no plans to diminish counterterrorism operations abroad, where is the part that says ""We Quit, you win."?
Th article goes on to highlight tactics that the Bush administration has suspended, the "secret structure developed under Bush that were highly controversial " --
GITMO;
denial of Habeas and due process,
denial of POW status;
secret arrests of citizens from non-beligerent and even allied countries;
secret prisons;
torture;
death.
These are not good things, we haven't toterated them of others in the past, they have not been demonstrated effective in the War on Terror nor in the historical record.
The article points out that "On Sept. 6, 2006, Bush . . . suspended the CIA program, but defended its utility and reserved the right to reopen it. So apparantly, President Bush had already moth-balled the "war".
And finally, "in his inaugural address Tuesday, Obama used a different lexicon to describe operations to defeat terrorists. "As for our common defense, we reject as false the choice between our safety and our ideals," he said. ". . . And for those who seek to advance their aims by inducing terror and slaughtering innocents, we say to you now that our spirit is stronger and cannot be broken; you cannot outlast us, and we will defeat you." Where in "our spirit is stronger and cannot be broken; you cannot outlast us, and we will defeat you." is "We Quit, you win."?
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