Here is a good post from Ace of Spades rehashing Obama's speech in Germany and his results so far. The last paragraph is the most poignant:
This is just one item in a long list of things like this. Here is another example:
Gitmo meets the standards of Geneva Convention
The only corrective action suggested in the report was "the most isolated prisoners, including the high-value detainees in Camp 7, should be allowed to pray and have recess together in rotating groups of at least three." So give the kids recess! That's the only violation (if you can all it that) to the Geneva Conventions at Gitmo! So much for all those atrocities that the Obama campaign ranted against in his "more just" approach to terrorists.
And then there is the continuation of the practice of rendition under Obama already posted on this blog. So much for all that change.
"The failure is Obama's. Obama, who criticized President Bush for failing to get more support out of our European allies. Obama, who played Monday-morning quarterback to decisionmakers in Washington. Obama, who puffed himself up with cheap words. Obama, who led us to believe he could do better. He can't deliver."And that's the rub for me. His campaign was so full of meaningless rhetoric and when he has to actually do more than just be "present", something he never demonstrated before he was elected, he proves soaring rhetoric and nice speeches aren't enough in the real world.
This is just one item in a long list of things like this. Here is another example:
Gitmo meets the standards of Geneva Convention
The only corrective action suggested in the report was "the most isolated prisoners, including the high-value detainees in Camp 7, should be allowed to pray and have recess together in rotating groups of at least three." So give the kids recess! That's the only violation (if you can all it that) to the Geneva Conventions at Gitmo! So much for all those atrocities that the Obama campaign ranted against in his "more just" approach to terrorists.
And then there is the continuation of the practice of rendition under Obama already posted on this blog. So much for all that change.