[Upstate NY Guy]

This is a spoof right?

He didn’t really say: “My position has always been clear: If you’ve got a terrorist, take him out” ...but also says “captured suspects deserve to file writs of habeus corpus”.

Calling it “the foundation of Anglo-American law,” he said the principle “says very simply: If the government grabs you, then you have the right to at least ask, ‘Why was I grabbed?’ And say, ‘Maybe you’ve got the wrong person.’”

The safeguard is essential, Obama continued, “because we don’t always have the right person.”

“We don’t always catch the right person,” he said. “We may think it’s Mohammed the terrorist, but it might be Mohammed the cab driver. You might think it’s Barack the bomb-thrower, but it might be Barack the guy running for president.”

So it’s eaither kill them outright or extend them the full rights of US citizens. WTF?

[JustaCowgirl]

So it’s eaither kill them outright or extend them the full rights of US citizens. WTF?

That's exactly what he said, believe it or not.

[hsalaw]

So it’s eaither kill them outright or extend them the full rights of US citizens.

Terrible dilemma for our troops - if they capture these terrorists, they may be facing them again in a few months.