Obama Administration No Longer Using the term "enemy combatant"

[WillowTree]

Are they no longer a combatant . . . . or no longer an enemy?

No Sweetie! They are Friendly Fascists!

 

[Zoom-boing]

Are they no longer a combatant . . . . or no longer an enemy?

No Sweetie! They are Friendly Fascists!

No, they're 'Next Life Enablers'.

 

[Harry Dresden]

Bush was great with words and no action...

no action?.....going into 2 countries does not sound like...NO ACTION to me....

 

[Harry Dresden]

The conservatives will find anything to bitch about and then point fingers at the Democrats and say "You bitched about Bush and it annoyed the fuck out of me, so I'm going to annoy the fuck out of you!"

My friends, the intellectual prowess of the conservative mind reaches new lows every day.

or we can say this.......

The Liberals will find anything to bitch about and then point fingers at the Republicans and say "You bitched about Clinton and it annoyed the fuck out of me, so I'm going to annoy the fuck out of you!"

My friends, the intellectual prowess of the Liberal mind reaches new lows every day.

two sides of the same coin David.....someday you will realize that....hopefully

 

[Annie]

posted again, since a new thread was added:

U.S. defines its claim to detention power | SCOTUSblog

...It told a federal judge that it is “refining” its claim of detention authority, relying on Congress’ resolution passed after the 9/11 terrorist attacks and on “principles of the laws of war.” It proposed a new definition of that authority, for use as Guantanamo Bay prisoners’ habeas challenges moved forward in federal civilian courts. But it said it may alter its detention policies after a wide-ranging, inter-agency review is completed in about six months.

From the congressional resolution, as “informed by” laws-of-war principles, the Justice Department defined detention authority as aimed at individuals who “substantially supported” terrorist groups or other armed groups, as well as those it directly linked to Al Qaeda and Taliban networks.

The congressional resolution (formally known as the Authorization for Use of Military Force, or AUMF) “authorizes the use of necessary and appropriate military force against members of an opposing armed force, whether that armed force is the force of a state or the irregular forces of an armed group like al-Qaida,” the memorandum said.

Whole thing here.

 

[Burp]

I heard he was going to call them "you people."

 

[Xenophon]

Yea!

War's over!

 

[Annie]

What I'm sensing is a pattern by the administration. They make 'headlines' on issues that were promised during the campaign, the pronouncement always contains a qualifier, tacked on the end. Gitmo, down the road a year, pending studies. This is a rewording more than anything else, protestations to the contrary. AND they actually have opened that rendition door wider.

On the other hand, the 'changes' regarding domestic issues are real. To those who felt he was going to govern from the center left, surprise!

I don't know if this is another, but it seems a reasonable inference that military spending may well increase, not decrease as touted?

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/15/washington/15military.html?_r=2&hp

March 15, 2009
Pentagon Rethinking Old Doctrine on 2 Wars

By THOM SHANKER
WASHINGTON — The protracted wars in Iraq and Afghanistan are forcing the Obama administration to rethink what for more than two decades has been a central premise of American strategy: that the nation need only prepare to fight two major wars at a time.

For more than six years now, the United States has in fact been fighting two wars, with more than 170,000 troops now deployed in Iraq and Afghanistan combined. The military has openly acknowledged that the wars have left troops and equipment severely strained, and has said that it would be difficult to carry out any kind of significant operation elsewhere.

To some extent, fears have faded that the United States may actually have to fight, say, Russia and North Korea, or China and Iran, at the same time. But if Iraq and Afghanistan were never formidable foes in conventional terms, they have already tied up the American military for a period longer than World War II....

I don't know if we're that confident about China...

 

[KittenKoder]

"suspected" terrorist is actually what they are. "enemy combatant" was always a pretend term made up to make taking away their rights more "palatable".

It's also REALLY redundant.