re: #46 goddamnedfrank

Yeah, I think I can still stand behind that sentiment….

I’m not personally bothered by waterboarding and I’ll leave the legal questions to people more informed than myself. I prefer Obama’s approach to detainess and terrorism suspects over Bush’s. Bush had more verbal bluster and tough talk. Obama’s rhetoric is much softer which allows him to get away with much harsher action.
Morally, I don’t see Obama’s tactics as being superior (not that I’m terribly bothered by it). Assassinations, drone strikes, secret renditions to countries who do torture (real torture, not just waterboarding) and secret military prisons. I’d much rather be a jihadi in the Bush era. Obama’s pretty mean.

Although I haven’t been thrilled with much of Obama’s second term foreign policy I prefer the drone strikes. The few captured terrorists that Obama has imported seem to have a clear legal path unlike the Gitmo guys who are in permanent legal limbo.