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Obama Declares Gitmo Detainees to be ‘Fetuses’
Scrappleface ^ | 5/22/09 | Scott Ott

Posted on 05/22/2009 1:45:52 PM PDT by Servant of the Cross

By: Scott Ott Examiner Columnist | 5/22/09 4:57 AM 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.


TOPICS: Political Humor/Cartoons
KEYWORDS: bho44; enemycombatants; fetus; gitmo; obama; scrappleface
psst.satire
1 posted on 05/22/2009 1:45:52 PM PDT by Servant of the Cross
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To: Servant of the Cross

So, is this kind of like an abortion? He is putting into practice Choice..and going to make a choice for them..


2 posted on 05/22/2009 1:49:07 PM PDT by rovenstinez
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To: Servant of the Cross

Most Excellent!


3 posted on 05/22/2009 1:51:53 PM PDT by missnry (The truth will set you free ... and drive liberals Crazy!)
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To: Servant of the Cross

LOL ... hard to tell good satire from fact these days.


4 posted on 05/22/2009 1:53:45 PM PDT by mgc1122
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To: Servant of the Cross

Wicked funny BTT...


5 posted on 05/22/2009 1:54:35 PM PDT by Billthedrill
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To: Servant of the Cross

LOL. Scott Ott nails Boy-Blunder again.


6 posted on 05/22/2009 1:56:45 PM PDT by Crolis (Kill your television!)
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To: Servant of the Cross

When I’m elected president, Scott Ott will be my chief of staff. He’s brilliant!


7 posted on 05/22/2009 2:39:08 PM PDT by Two Kids' Dad (((( ))))
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