Meet the New Boss, Same as the Old Boss

[Hansmeister]

Much of it has simply been his poor style:  his amateurish approach to the job, his sanctimonious boorishness, and his inability to claim responsibility.

most of his policy announcement to date have been in this format:

1. Obama sets up a strawman in the form of a "false choice" foistered upon the American people by Bushitler
2.  Obama sanctimoniously announces a break with this past and a completely different approach to this issue
3.  Obama continues the Bush policy virtually unchanged
4.  rinse and repeat

I wonder when liberals are going to catch on to that.  Since they're not very smart he can probably pull it off for a few years without them noticing it.

[Valmy]

It is of course the only sensible position so it is no real surprise.  Applying Habeas Corpus to the battlefield is, quite frankly, an utterly insane position (not to mention a violation of the Geneva Convention).

So...you are pleased with something Obama is doing?!

[Ed Anger]

It is of course the only sensible position so it is no real surprise.  Applying Habeas Corpus to the battlefield is, quite frankly, an utterly insane position (not to mention a violation of the Geneva Convention).

Define "battlefield."

Love is a battlefield.

[grumbler]

It is of course the only sensible position so it is no real surprise.

It is utterly moronic, and so, as you note, no surprise.

Applying Habeas Corpus to the battlefield is, quite frankly, an utterly insane position (not to mention a violation of the Geneva Convention).

True, but utterly irrelevant.

[grumbler]

Of course there are, and it is being applied more liberally than we need to.

Alas, there are different status for protected and unprotected categories of combatant, as was explained in quite detail years ago on languish.  It is just that the stupid left tends to gloss over those csategories since they find them inconvenient.

Protected and unprotected status only applies to prisoners captured while engaged in actual combat, a distinction that the Moronic Right tends to forget because they find it inconvenient.