Posted by
john on Thursday, December 04, 2008 5:04:32 PM
Consistent with Rush's recent expressions of wonderment regarding the degree to which the press and democrats (I know, a redundancy), including Barry O himself, are now learning that "that GWB, he's really a heckuva guy", I saw a piece in the Nov. 4 WSJ concerning Guantanamo Bay entitled ,"Guantanamo Revelation". This piece was a response to a 1600 word study of Gitmo in the New York Times, which could have been entitled "Never Mind".
It seems that upon extensive examination of the details, the Times has found that "gee whiz, many of the terrorists at Gitmo really are dangerous terrorists." In fact, the Gitmo detainees include many implicated in such crimes as the 1998 Kenya Embassy bombing, the USS Cole bombing, as well as the "Dirty 30" - OBL's personal bodyguards. Moreover, the poor little lambs are in fact so notorious that "at least 60 detainees have been cleared for release or transfer but no other countries will accept them." Any democratic congressman care to offer up his district?
Here's the upshot. Now that GWB is on his way out, neither he, nor his policies, need to be destroyed. "Delendo Carthago Est" no longer applies. I have maintained for years - since shortly after the initial invasion phase of Iraq - that GWB had to be destroyed, because success in Iraq would yield to the GOP electoral riches almost beyond imagining. In short, party before country (not a problem for those who don't believe in country anyway - "Imagine"!).
Now, their "mission accomplished", having gotten what they apparently wished for (the actual responsibility of governing), I guess we can expect to hear more about how that GWB is not such a bad guy after all, and his policies really weren't so far off. In fact, they can probably be made to work - with just a little bit of that old magic from the Obamalama.