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Wow. He actually did it. He chose Gonzales. This is a guy who wrote memos describing the Geneva Conventions as "quaint." Unbelievable.
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That may all be true. But the phrase "enemy combatant" didn't exist four years ago. It was invented by the Bush administration to get around international law. Sort of like saying "ethnic cleansing" when discussing genocide because to call it "genocide" would obligate the UN (and memebr nations) to intervene. If you call it "ethnic cleansing" you can stand on the sidelines and "tsk tsk" all you want without being obliged to act.
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Just another step in the Bush tradition of telling the world to go fuck itself. Give it another year and see if he doesn't start making nuclear weapon bluster toward someone.
He believes that Armageddon is near, right...being a good God-fearing fella? Well, then, what's the problem with starting it? Proactive, that's the ticket! Yeah, I know...overblowing things again, aren't I? |
The problem is that we never declared war on anyone. Without a declaration of war, then how do you have prisoners of war? Since the war was invented (illegal), then a new term for prisoners of a non-existant war also had to be created. 'Enemy combatant' conveniently made torture possible without creating messy problems such as 'rule of law' and international treaty violations.
Now that the Supreme Court has weighed in, suddenly 100+ enemy combatants in Gitmo have been released. After all these years, there were no charges to hold them on. No problem. They were not held under arrest and they were not prisoners of war. They had no rights no matter how innocent they were. They were released only to avoid any arguements with the Supreme Court. Do you think this same administration would have respect for your rights? A question that must be answered by first reviewing how they invent laws. Even torture is now legal according to a 'moral' President of the US. Remember, nobody expected the Spanish Inquisition either. |
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More! I read that Gonzales was also counsel for Enron. Yummmy!
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BTW, the Geneva conventions DO consider the problem of undeclared war; no declaration of war is necessary for them to have effect, "armed conflict" is sufficient. If you're going to criticize the administration for one or another thing it has done, it pays to criticize it based on what it has actually done, not on some vague generalizations of what they have actually done. If you think they are violating the Geneva conventions, then say how those detained meet the Geneva conventions' criteria for prisoners of war. If you think they aren't violating the Geneva conventions but are torturing prisoners in violation of some other law or just common decency, then say so but don't bring the conventions into it. |
Amazing, he could possibly be worse. The world never ceases to amaze me. I mean at least asscroft had morals, this guy is just a bucket of slime in human form. You know, someone should start distributing leaflets to the suicidal suggesting if they're gonna go down, why not take this piece of shit or Rove with them? They'd be honoured.
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Okay, humor aside: I don't yet know one damn thing about the guy, and am going to reserve commentary until I do. |
Here is some of his legal advice[pdf]:
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