Obama declares Gitmo detainees to be 'fetuses'

Washington Examiner ^ | May 22, 2009 | Scott Ott

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Obama declares Gitmo detainees to be 'fetuses'

By: Scott Ott
Examiner Columnist
May 22, 2009

News fairly unbalanced. We report. You decipher

In an effort to shut down the U.S. Naval Detention Center at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, thereby restoring America's moral standing in the world, President Barack Obama today declared some 240 enemy combatants held at Gitmo to be 'human fetuses'.

In an executive order, the president said, "Since I ordered Gitmo shut down, and people don't want us to bring the inmates here, the only way to extract them from the facility is to change their legal status to one that offers us more choices."

While accused terrorists have access to attorneys, and nearly-limitless legal appeals, a fetus has no legal standing, cannot speak for itself, and is subject to the death penalty without regard to guilt or innocence. 

Civil rights advocates have pressured Obama to follow through on campaign promises to shutter Gitmo, but even Democrats in Congress have resisted bringing the inmates to U.S. soil for trials and incarceration.

"We can debate whether enemy combatants have access to protections under the U.S. Constitution," said Obama. "However, no serious person would grant such protection to an embryo or fetus. The loss of 240 fetuses wouldn't raise an eyebrow in a nation where more than 3,000 of them hit the Dumpster daily."

The president noted that America's global reputation has been devastated by U.S. treatment of terror suspects, but that "our treatment of a million fetuses each year earns us nothing but admiration, and requests for clinic-funding from those who aspire to be like us."

Sources acknowledged continuing White House debate about whether a terrorist who escapes from Gitmo alive can still be treated as a fetus.

Examiner columnist Scott Ott is editor in chief of ScrappleFace.com, the family-friendly news satire site, and anchor of ScrappleFace Network News (SNN), seen on YouTube.

[cc2k]

Searching for something else today, I came across this.

OK, it’s a bit off color, but the satire might interest some here.

[freedumb2003]

Someone doesn’t see the “satire” keyword in 3... 2... 1...

[OneWingedShark]

LOL - That’s funny.

[Man50D]

NO!! NO!! NO!! BO. Wrong approach. You should classify them as illegal aliens and place then in sanctuary cities!!!!!

[Free Vulcan]

Dark dark dark. I love it.

[Always Right]

Too bad this is not true. In reality, Obama despises fetuses much more than known terrorists and would never do such a move.

[airborne]

Abort them with extreme prejudice!

[Psycho_Bunny]

Weak

[LakeLady]

This is hugh and series. I had to slap myself in the face to shut my mouth when I realized it was satire.