“I’m sure that sometimes it seems as if…we’re operating with one hand tied behind our back, or that those who would argue for a higher standard are naïve,” said President Obama to an audience of CIA spooks at Langley.
The reason for Obama’s appearance at CIA headquarters was to explain his release of OLC memos that tell terrorists exactly how to train against U.S. interrogation methods.
You may be wondering, how will we defeat jihadists now that they know how far we’re willing to go to extract information? Better technology? Better weapons? An army of lawyers armed with lawsuits?
Here’s how Obama explained his reason for releasing the OLC memos and how he plans to wage the War on Terror, or whatever it’s called now:
“I believe that our nation is stronger and more secure when we deploy the full measure of both our power and the power of our values –- including the rule of law.”
Bask for a moment in the power of our values. It sure put a quick stop to those Somali pirates, didn’t it?
Don’t you feel safer already?
Source: WhiteHouse.gov
This post was last modified on January 26, 2021
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"Bask for a moment in the power of our values. It sure put a quick stop to those Somali pirates, didn’t it?" - What a damn fool statement. If we don't have values, what are we fighting for. Either our constitution holds true as a guiding document or we give up the pretense of any moral high ground and become the oligarchic empire that the world accuses us of being.
Those Somali pirates are symptoms of a lack of rule of law and American values.
I noticed the teleprompter screens before I noticed Obama in the picture.
Someone has suggested we begin mass producing iPods with Obama's speeches on them, so he can reach them with the message of our values, and cause them all to run toward a quick death vs. a long stay in Montana (proposed site for Gitmo relocation). Wait, he gave the Queen one of those, and tried to force Brown to watch American movies, maybe they were just guinea pigs.
He will simply talk them to death. Empty rhetoric is a very powerful thing, just look what it's done for him so far.
The "moral high ground" is of pitifully little consolation if your family, your nation, or even your entire culture lie buried there.