Let me get this straight... Bush releases unrepentant terrorists who then attack a US flight and

[Kurt_and_Hunter]

and... Nothing. Yawn.

Two guys we released from Gitmo in 2007 to our Saudi "friends" are now leaders of al Queada in Yemen and implicated in the Detroit plot. They have jihadi videos out. They are giving bombs to people to blow up Americans.

Yawn.

What the fucking fuck? Bush "inherited" 9/11 from Clinton but when Bush specifically released these guys to a Saudi terrorist rehabilitation program (imagine if a Democrat had run in 2008 on rehabilitating terrorists!) so they could then attack America as al Queada leadership... yawn.

Meanwhile, Obama may have killed one or both of these guys in the recent Yemen cruise missile strike. What a wimp!

Moving accused terrorists to a maximum security prison in the US... OMG! Out-right releasing boastful terrorists... yawn.


I have said it before and I will say it again... A willingness to destroy the Republican Party is part... of... the... job. Or, at the very least, not work overtime shielding them from their own crimes and blunders. We don't want to make stuff up, but can we at least hold them accountable for what they actually do?

How about at least a "brush-back pitch"?

We don't even have to be nasty about it. When Obama was on TV listing the policy reviews he could have said:

"The Bush administration released several terrorists involved in this plot and sent them to Saudi Arabia, even in cases where those released stated they would kill Americans if released. Some of those men subsequently rejoined al Queada in Yemen. In light of these developments we will be conducting a full review of the Bush administration policies on releasing dangerous terrorists to see how those policies can be altered in order to protect the American people."

[Christa]

1. He was a destroyer during his presidency

and he still is a destroyer.

[eleny]

2. Why do you think Obama isn't saying something like what you suggest?

[Kurt_and_Hunter]

4. I mean publicly.

I am talking about the public perception of things.

Politicizing terror is not good, but bending over backward to be post-partisan when current problems for which Obama is blamed actually arose directly from the incompetence and criminality of the prior administration is a little more fair-minded than the optimum.

[phleshdef]

6. Because Obama is too mature and gracious for his own good at times.

[Democrats_win]

3. For 50 years the GOP has complained about "others" stabbing America in the back.

When all along, it was in fact, the Republican party that has stabbed America in the back. It's not only through the failure to protect America from Saudi Terrorists but also the failure to protect America from China in the economic war. China: stole or jobs through currency manipulation, sends us unsafe products and even puts poison in its products. Where was the GOP? Stealing our pensions through the Fraud Street derivative market. No, it's not the Democrats job to destroy the GOP, it's everyone's job: destroy the Republican traitors!

[left coaster]

10. Right you are..

GOP: The party of Projection

[newtothegame]

5. We cant demand that Gitmo be closed and all terrorists released but then nail Shrub when he does n/t

[Kurt_and_Hunter]

7. Closing Gitmo doesn't mean releasing unrepentant jihadis to Saudi Arabia

We are moving the guys in Gitmo to equally secure faccilities and putting them in the criminal justice system... not giving them $50, a suit, a bus ticket to Saudi Arabia and five ounces of plastic explosive.

[newtothegame]

9. Sorry, but I disagree. I saw Michael Moore's interview: "There is no terrorist threat."

Thanks for that Michael. I'm sure Mumbai is still thanking you for keeping the world alert and ready.

[CJCRANE]

13. You changed the subject. Michael Moore has nothing to do with Gitmo. nt

[phleshdef]

8. We CAN call out Republican filth attacking Pres. Obama over something tied to actions by Pres. Bush.

[FrenchieCat]

11. Yes WE Can, and we should......

rather than simply sit here and discuss what Obama should be doing about it.
I noticed that it's always about what Obama needs to do,
we never figure ourselves into the equation...
Too bad to, cause the Internet is supposed to be a powerful tool,
if we would only use it to advance our cause,
that would be wonderful.

[MadMaddie]

17. They are not being released

They are being moved from one high security facility to another high security facility. That is all it is.

There are some but not many innocents in Guantanamo do you think we should keep them in jail forever because they were turned in by a neighbor or enemy?

[Kurt_and_Hunter]

18. That's an important point. Some are, indeed, innocent.

But Bush was releasing some serious would-be terrorists.

According to Peter Bergen (CNN terror analyst guy) some of those being released to Saudi custody were saying flat out (pre-transfer) that they intended to kill Americans first chance they got.

[MadMaddie]

20. So again it leads us to a botched practice of the previous

administration who was in bed with the Saudi's.

We need to know why they were released and who gave the final okay?

[ljm2002]

22. No one is demanding that all terrorists be released...

...no one.

[Phx_Dem]

12. Why DID Bush release terrorists? Friends of his "Saudi family?"

[CJCRANE]

14. ...

Gave Blackwater more work to do.

[Blue Owl]

15. Now now, let's give them some time to rewrite history

Dear Leader didn't make any mistakes while he was pResident -- he said so himself...


:sarcasm:

[jasi2006]

16. Please remind FOX "News" about this. nt

[marshall]

19. Makes you wonder if those 30 or so in Gitmo now will still get released

And if not, where will they go?

[Kurt_and_Hunter]

21. Probably very bad luck for some

I doubt anyone will be released near term, no matter how harmless... politics.