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Adiós, Guantánamo
The Wall Street Journal ^ | June 12, 2008 | JAMES TARANTO

Posted on 06/12/2008 4:16:23 PM PDT by vietvet67

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1 posted on 06/12/2008 4:16:23 PM PDT by vietvet67
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To: vietvet67
Five black-robed Marxist/Anarchist Thugs
have just un-constitutionally seized power
away from the American people and our
duly elected representatives.

2 posted on 06/12/2008 4:18:13 PM PDT by Uri’el-2012 (you shall know that I, YHvH, your Savior, and your Redeemer, am the Elohim of Ya'aqob. Isaiah 60:16)
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"The Nation will live to regret what the Court had done today,"

Is he a sensationalist, or are those monumental words?

3 posted on 06/12/2008 4:18:17 PM PDT by the invisib1e hand (Obama's a front man. Who's behind him?)
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To: vietvet67

Why do the words ‘lock & load’ come to mind?


4 posted on 06/12/2008 4:18:29 PM PDT by realdifferent1 (I hope the 'War on Terror' goes better than the 'War on Poverty'.)
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“The Nation will live to regret what the Court had done today”

No truer words...


5 posted on 06/12/2008 4:18:50 PM PDT by xcamel (Being on the wrong track means the unintended consequences express train doesnt kill you going by)
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Supreme Court, for the first time ever, extended rights under the U.S. constitution to enemy combatants who have never set foot on U.S. soil - Unbelievable
6 posted on 06/12/2008 4:19:32 PM PDT by SF Republican
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The Last Days of the United States

Outrage Over Supreme Court Decision
7 posted on 06/12/2008 4:22:20 PM PDT by Miss Didi ("Good heavens, woman, this is a war not a garden party!" Dr. Meade, Gone with the Wind)
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To: the invisib1e hand

Monumental words.

Scalia ain’t a sensationalist.

The individuals at the center of this discussion, under the internationally-recognized Laws of Land Warfare, could have legitimately been put up against a wall and executed.

Instead, they’re being awarded as-yet-undetermined privileges.


8 posted on 06/12/2008 4:22:30 PM PDT by DuncanWaring (The Lord uses the good ones; the bad ones use the Lord.)
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To: realdifferent1

“Why do the words ‘lock & load’ come to mind?”

Better hurry. At this rate the 2nd Amend won’t be around long either.


9 posted on 06/12/2008 4:22:55 PM PDT by AuntB (Vote Obama! ..........Because ya can't blame 'the man' when you are the 'man'.... Wanda Sikes)
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To: vietvet67

Solution: Close Gitmo. Take the prisoners and put them on barges in the middle of the Atlantic and let them float around for eternity. Or, once all are aboard, use the barges as bombing practice targets, and, of course, use live bombs.


10 posted on 06/12/2008 4:23:07 PM PDT by Road Warrior ‘04 (Kill 'em til they're dead, then kill 'em again!)
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How have we gone this far? When I was growing up in Texas you could shoot a man who was breaking and entering your house in self-defense. Today, one must prove that one had reason to believe the person was armed with a deadly weapon and had the intent to harm your person (not property)when they break and enter your house in the middle of the night. This decision now conveys the rights of citizenship, applying the right to a trial by jury, to prisoners of war. We can no longer afford to fight a war. The legal costs will be too astronomical!


11 posted on 06/12/2008 4:23:23 PM PDT by DBCJR (What would you expect?)
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...to enemy combatants who have never set foot on U.S. soil.

If Guantanamo isn't U.S. soil, what is it? If it's Cuban, would the U.S. answer a detainee's suit in a Cuban court?

I think the Court made the right decision.

12 posted on 06/12/2008 4:24:16 PM PDT by Grut
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One very small thing the constitution provides for is the defense of this nation.

The Supreme Court today abdicated that responsibility and ruled for the rights of foreign American killers.

Hanging from the rafters would be too nice.


13 posted on 06/12/2008 4:24:24 PM PDT by VeniVidiVici (Save the Earth! Kill a tree!)
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I’m shocked that we have to give constitutional rights to enemy combatants, who are not American citizens, and who were engaged in warfare against us. I’m just shocked that such a ruling could come down.


14 posted on 06/12/2008 4:24:24 PM PDT by Dilbert San Diego
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extended rights under the U.S. constitution to enemy combatants who have never set foot on U.S. soil.

Wow. It boggles the mind. I'm sure other countries will be rushing to emulate our new ruling - NOT! But they will be running to take advantage and to call us out if we don't 'extend' those rights...

15 posted on 06/12/2008 4:27:16 PM PDT by fortunecookie (Communism/socialism has failed millions, a lesson some of our candidates need to brush up on.)
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To: AuntB

We’ll find out sometime this month; if this decision is any indication of how ‘Heller’ will go, we’re screwed.


16 posted on 06/12/2008 4:27:27 PM PDT by realdifferent1 (I hope the 'War on Terror' goes better than the 'War on Poverty'.)
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To: Grut

By your easoning, our military bases in Germany, Japan, or anywhere else in the world is U.S. soil and not that of the host nation. I must and will disagree with you.


17 posted on 06/12/2008 4:27:27 PM PDT by Road Warrior ‘04 (Kill 'em til they're dead, then kill 'em again!)
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To: realdifferent1

Take them all out to FortMarcy park and Shoot them with a small revolver, and lay them out neatly......The Day Before
Obama’s Inaugural address.....


18 posted on 06/12/2008 4:27:35 PM PDT by LtKerst (Lt Kerst)
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To: Bushbacker1

easoning = reasoning


19 posted on 06/12/2008 4:28:04 PM PDT by Road Warrior ‘04 (Kill 'em til they're dead, then kill 'em again!)
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To: vietvet67
Related link, from 2006, on the horror that is Gitmo....

A Deadly Kindness

(/sarcasm)

20 posted on 06/12/2008 4:28:52 PM PDT by mewzilla (In politics the middle way is none at all. John Adams)
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