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Originally Posted by Cali Coug
Which thread am I missing that you are referring to?
Bush's actions are hardly irrelevant. It appears he tore up the Constitution for political expediency. Those who forget history are doomed to repeat it. It is also highly relevant to know who has been affected by his actions. Don't forget there are many people in army custody to this day whose status must be reviewed, given Bush's utter contempt for constitutional principles and treaty obligations.
To sweep all of this under the rug and say "but he isn't president TODAY so we can no longer talk about it" is totally absurd, and I think you know it.
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No one has swept anything under a rug but he is now irrelevant *period* What is the sitting president doing to amend the so called egregious situations? It is not absurd to insist that any political talk about what is currently happening takes into account what the current POTUS is doing. Unless you are afraid that now that he is in power there seems to be little difference between him and his predecessor?
Was closing gitmo and bringing enemy combatants onto American soil where they have access to constitutional rights the right thing to do -- or in fact is that what is happening? Maybe those prisoners will never land on American soil but rather will end up in a Saudi Arabian prison etc?
Surely you can concede that current pressing situations are much more compelling unless of course you are afraid of what you might discover -- hence the retreat to the comfy confines of; "Bush did this and this, and this"?