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Posted on 05/15/2009 9:12:52 AM PDT by DCBryan1
President Barack Obama was today accused of a major U-turn after he decided to keep the controversial military commissions set up by George Bush to prosecute terror suspects.
The surprise White House announcement reversed Mr Obamas campaign pledge to rely on Americas conventional criminal court system.
It was the presidents second U-turn this week after he changed his mind and pledged to try and block the court-ordered release of damning photographs showing US soldiers abusing prisoners. Last nights move led to an outcry from shocked human rights campaigners who thought Mr Obama intended to dismantle the terror tribunals after calling them an enormous failure during last years presidential campaign.
In one of his first acts as president, Mr Obama obtained a 120-day suspension of the military commissions established at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba that was seen as the death knell for one of the Bush administrations key platforms in the war on terror.
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
Anyone tells you they didn't, is telling you a lie.
"If you do not talk, I will make you lay over on the side of the bed even further."
Yup, yup and yup. Despicable and infuriating.
that is a photo of a Yoga practitioner, amazing that it is being accepted as anything else.
Is it the pink sheets that is the torture? Because I have woke up hanging over the bed like that several times.
What they don't show is that the guy is wearing inversion boots, like Richard Gere in "American Gigolo."
I still want to.
The Daily Mail link is dead,,,,someone must be getting his/her ass served on a platter.............
The jury is not in on this, but it does raise suspicion about why Rosa the reporter was appointed to the high Pentagon position..........eh?
No more florals or I’ll call the ACLU. They make me crazy I tell ya. KA-RAA-ZEE! If I see them again I will leak the photos.
I don’t know - this coud be fake. The guy could be doing sit-ups ;-)
Pink bedspreads??? Now there’s torture.. Maybe it’s covered in ‘Miss Piggy’s”
Damn right. I wanted to do it myself. Still do.
Looks like typical dorm life on a Friday night.
Some conservatives still don’t understand that Obama
is truth impaired.
Medved, McCain et.al. willing idiots.
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