That Tiny Popping Sound You Hear is the Exploding of Lefty Bloggers’ Heads
Another flip-flop from the Obama administration, and another case where we have to give him a thumbs-up for doing the right thing even though you can already hear the shrieking from the left: Obama revives tribunals for Gitmo detainees.
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama says he is restarting military tribunals for a small number of terrorist suspects at Guantanamo though with several new legal protections for defendants.
Obama said in a statement Friday that his approach is “the best way to protect our country, while upholding our deeply held values.”
The decision puts Obama in the position of reviving a Bush-era trial system he once assailed as deeply flawed — and opposed as a senator.
Frank says: