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Obama U-turn on abuse photos
BBC ^ | 16:46 GMT, Wednesday, 13 May 2009 | staff

Posted on 05/13/2009 10:05:44 AM PDT by gandalftb

US President Barack Obama has changed his mind and will now attempt to block the publication of photographs showing the abuse of prisoners by US soldiers.

The US government had previously said it would not fight a court ruling ordering the release of the pictures.

Mr Obama now believes the release of the photos would make the job of US troops in Iraq and Afghanistan more difficult, White House officials said.

The pictures were due to be released by 28 May, according to the court ruling.

(Excerpt) Read more at news.bbc.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Breaking News; Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: abuse; agenda; agitprop; bho44; bhodod; obamabreakspromises; obamaflipflops; photos; torture
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To: mojitojoe
Thanks for the post. DU is melting down, never seen so many f-bombs, a new low for them.

O changed his mind, let's hope this one works a little better from now in.

This reverse is related to a few major issues:

Morale at the CIA and our entire military in that a mutiny would ensue as the pics would reveal operators and destroy future ops;

I am advised that many of the pics are extreme and would be on every jihadist site and recruiting poster; many of the pics show foreign nationals (Israeli and Arabic) helping the "questioning" and would destroy the trust we have with coalition partners;

O needs to have this issue go away to save Pelosi and build bridges with Muslims; O is mindful of the long news cycle of Abu Ghraib and realizes these pics would define him and America for months/years;

O's favorite work is re-elect and he loses independents by releasing these pics.

81 posted on 05/13/2009 12:05:42 PM PDT by gandalftb (An appeaser feeds a crocodile, hoping it will eat him last......)
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To: gandalftb; All
PEOPLE LISTEN!! Obama is just playing GOOD COP....he WANTS the PICS out....probably had his people ENCOURAGE the Pentagon to say they were going to release them so he could be seen as thew ONE STANDING UP FOR THE MILITARY!!

He has done this on other occassions also....WAKE UP PEOPLE!!

82 posted on 05/13/2009 12:08:33 PM PDT by Ann Archy (Abortion....the Human Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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To: gandalftb
Sanity reigns.

With Obama I have my suspicions. This could have been his intent from the very beginning. He throws a bone to his Moonbats then pulls it away, or Obama feigns objection while really wanting to release the pictures all for political cover.

83 posted on 05/13/2009 12:08:37 PM PDT by Red Steel
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To: gandalftb
Sanity reigns.

Even severe alcoholics have a sense of clarity for a moment.

84 posted on 05/13/2009 12:10:02 PM PDT by unixfox (The 13th Amendment Abolished Slavery, The 16th Amendment Reinstated It !)
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To: gandalftb
Never fear, all you America-haters. The photos will be on the internet within a week. They'll be leaked by your compadres who mole within the Department of Defense, or by the ACLU, or by Obama's shadowy operatives in the White House or by the Huffington Post, or by the NYSlimes, or any combination thereof.

Let our hearts not be elated.....nothing happens without the Obama operatives not knowing 10 steps ahead on every decision it puts out to look good.

Leni

85 posted on 05/13/2009 12:10:09 PM PDT by MinuteGal
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To: mojitojoe
The DUmmies over at democraticundergound.com are livid. LMAO! Love it!

Let me guess complete meltdown mode. LoL!

86 posted on 05/13/2009 12:13:36 PM PDT by Red Steel
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To: Dahoser

I think it will play out just as you say. Obama knows the press will play dumb and the Pubs won’t dare utter a word. We’ve seen this movie before.


87 posted on 05/13/2009 12:14:11 PM PDT by Hoboken (Let's continue to roll)
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To: gandalftb

Right decision, but it just goes to show the lack of a coherent thought process. He did considerable damage just by saying that he was going to release them.


88 posted on 05/13/2009 12:16:09 PM PDT by NavVet ( If you don't defend Conservatism in the Primaries, you won't have it to defend in November)
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To: unixfox

You are exactly right.


89 posted on 05/13/2009 12:19:02 PM PDT by Eddie01
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To: gandalftb

So the ACLU sues, Obama’s AG throws the case and the photos are released.......Obama wins the conservatives and the liberals. Even if this isn’t the plan, the very idea that these pictures are sooooooo bad that they can’t be released to the public, certainly makes for good spin. Obama wins.


90 posted on 05/13/2009 12:21:46 PM PDT by Toespi
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To: gandalftb

the homosexual kenyan finally makes a good decision..though I’m sure someone else made the decision for him...no doubt this is an opportunity to make him “look good” to the masses...they know they have a rude awakening next year in the mid term elex...however, wise decision in this one...he knows he’d face a military/cia coup if these were released.


91 posted on 05/13/2009 12:24:26 PM PDT by wheresmycheckbarry?
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To: mojitojoe

They are right about that. 0bama’s reversal is not because he “thought it over” without counsel, or because someone in the FBI or the DOJ convinced him.
It’s because Dick Cheney hit the airwaves and opened whupass on 0bama.
Still waiting for any network, including Fox, to mention it.


92 posted on 05/13/2009 12:37:59 PM PDT by 668 - Neighbor of the Beast (It's all resistance...and it's all good.)
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To: Red Steel
With Obama I have my suspicions.

Never trust a Rat and his propaganda machine. Could it be that these pictures don't even exist, or the ones that do are no where near as bad as has been hinted? He has thrown the bone to the moonbats as you say, but by not releasing pictures that don't really exist, maybe he has thrown a bone to us as well?

93 posted on 05/13/2009 12:39:17 PM PDT by Fresh Wind (Hey, Obama! Where's my check?)
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To: gandalftb; All
Sanity reigns.

Sorry, but sanity didn't return. The a**hat knows he is getting trashed over this and is trying to do damage control. That is a good sign because it shows that these leftwing libtards are vulnerable and we have to keep hitting them. Thank Dick Cheney and his daughter Liz for this turn around on the picture policy.

94 posted on 05/13/2009 12:43:38 PM PDT by calex59
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To: NavVet
I think that O is realizing that the office of the Presidency of the United States of America is bigger than he is.

O has been wearing Bush/Cheney like a blanket and maybe he is ready to start governing and stop campaigning to be the head of the biggest leftist/liberal agenda.

Remember that O was trained in anti-government, movement politics and he is finding out that he must go around the corner and represent America first.

Maybe O woke up this morning and figured out that he must now be a statesman and choose between lesser evils.

And perhaps he is realizing that "dancing with the one that brung ya" is suicidal and treasonous on this issue.

95 posted on 05/13/2009 12:46:19 PM PDT by gandalftb (An appeaser feeds a crocodile, hoping it will eat him last......)
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To: gandalftb

Has nothing to do with sanity.
he could care less about our soldiers, it is about the photos not being relevant and showing enough to make republicans look bad.


96 posted on 05/13/2009 12:48:05 PM PDT by Munz ("We're all here for you OK? It's a circle of love" Rham Emanuel)
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To: Eric in the Ozarks
"One small isolated incident of sanity."

Yeah, now he made the right call....after first making the wrong call.

He's still the douche bag of the free world in my opinion

97 posted on 05/13/2009 12:50:46 PM PDT by libs_kma (F.U.B.O.)
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To: nmh

Maybe he knows he is going to lose in federal court, and he wants to go through the pretense of fighting against the release of the photos, so he can appear to be “moderate” and gain support from the military. After the court rules to release the photos again, he can say he tried to suppress them.

In the meantime, they are likely to leak to the media, so again he can pull a Pontius Pilate if that happens. Thus he can work to destroy the USA while avoiding the blame.


98 posted on 05/13/2009 12:52:28 PM PDT by ding_dong_daddy_from_dumas (Obama's multi- trillion dollar agenda would be a "man caused disaster")
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To: Eric in the Ozarks
"One small isolated incident of sanity."

Did you miss this?

"and will now attempt to block"

Words mean something.....

Uh um uh, I attempted to block the uh photos, but, uh, it was out of my control. It's all Bush's fault!

99 posted on 05/13/2009 12:58:28 PM PDT by NoGrayZone (The beauty of the 2nd amendment is that it will not be needed until they try to take it. T.J.)
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To: gandalftb

They can’t release the photos because the detainees weren’t abused.

It’s “the big lie” writ large.


100 posted on 05/13/2009 1:01:31 PM PDT by Southack (Media Bias means that Castro won't be punished for Cuban war crimes against Black Angolans in Africa)
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