Instant justice…

That’s what Ralph Peters wants for terrorists,  his point being that dead ones end problems,  while live ones always cause them.    He correctly posits that the Gitmo which needed to be closed was a fabrication,  not a reality.

What he doesn’t say,  because it’s understood by anyone with common sense,  is that there will be far fewer captures by American troops.  What is the point of taking captives if all you can do is ask very nicely if they would please tell you everything they know?   I exaggerate,  but not by much,  because the Army Field Manual  is quite restrictive in the methods of interrogation allowed.

Peters offers several amusing suggestions for placement of the detainees which will never occur,  but the Wall Street Journal wonders where they could go.  Obama’s thoughtlessness on the second day of his administration has created  a huge problem for Democrats, and is certainly pushback against  his reputation as a deep thinker.

Democrats beat back in committee a proposal by Rep.  Todd Tiahrt to prohibit the transer of detainees to the U.S,  but the dilema remains.    No one will put Craig Smith’s simple solution into effect,  which would rid us of the detainees and the lefties at the same time,  but it’s an entertaining notion.    Sen.  Dianne Feinstein is  one of the few Democrats promoting bringing  all the detainees to the US,  but there has been remarkably little outcry over Republicans saying Obama might have to wait to close Gitmo.

His Oneness  can’t appreciate having his campaign remarks about how closing Gitmo would be easy surface in editorials,  much less   seeing any vindicating Bush.    And he surely doesn’t like FloppingAces pointing out that his plan to close Gitmo is essentially Bush’s plan from 3 years ago.   Did he put Rep. Alcee Hastings up to his Gitmo 2.0 proposal,  which is the only thing on the horizon which could solve the problem?