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**FjFHQLJQ** · 01-02-2012, 05:19 AM

Statement by the President on H.R. 1540

The fact that I support this bill as a whole does not mean I agree with everything in it. In particular, I have signed this bill despite having serious reservations with certain provisions that regulate the detention, interrogation, and prosecution of suspected terrorists. Over the last several years, my Administration has developed an effective, sustainable framework for the detention, interrogation and trial of suspected terrorists that allows us to maximize both our ability to collect intelligence and to incapacitate dangerous individuals in rapidly developing situations, and the results we have achieved are undeniable. Our success against al-Qa’ida and its affiliates and adherents has derived in significant measure from providing our counterterrorism professionals with the clarity and flexibility they need to adapt to changing circumstances and to utilize whichever authorities best protect the American people, and our accomplishments have respected the values that make our country an example for the world.

http://www.infowars.com/president-ob...ns-but-i-wont/

He's a neo con, security stater.. As bad as bush ever was.

Should get a lot of votes from America's jihadi, pseudo-Conservative assholes who see muslims hiding under their beds.

And here we have the Amateur-in-Chief failing yet another leadership test. The most controversial parts of the bill, he claims to have "serious reservations" about. But he signs it anyway. He promises not to use the power (as tyrants always do), but has nothing to say about future executives. Instead of sending it back and telling them to fix it, he pays lip service. Of course, we know that he doesn't actually have any reservations, and was just making a politically comforting statement. Lying asshole. It is reminiscent of Bush and his signing of McCain-Feingold, saying that the court would ultimately decide. It's not for the Chief Executive to punt things to the court, nor is it for the Chief Executive to look at only his administration when gauging powers that will affect all administrations to come as long as this law is in place.

01-02-2012, 05:19 AM	#16
FjFHQLJQ Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 485 Senior Member	Statement by the President on H.R. 1540 The fact that I support this bill as a whole does not mean I agree with everything in it. In particular, I have signed this bill despite having serious reservations with certain provisions that regulate the detention, interrogation, and prosecution of suspected terrorists. Over the last several years, my Administration has developed an effective, sustainable framework for the detention, interrogation and trial of suspected terrorists that allows us to maximize both our ability to collect intelligence and to incapacitate dangerous individuals in rapidly developing situations, and the results we have achieved are undeniable. Our success against al-Qa’ida and its affiliates and adherents has derived in significant measure from providing our counterterrorism professionals with the clarity and flexibility they need to adapt to changing circumstances and to utilize whichever authorities best protect the American people, and our accomplishments have respected the values that make our country an example for the world. http://www.infowars.com/president-ob...ns-but-i-wont/ He's a neo con, security stater.. As bad as bush ever was. Should get a lot of votes from America's jihadi, pseudo-Conservative assholes who see muslims hiding under their beds. And here we have the Amateur-in-Chief failing yet another leadership test. The most controversial parts of the bill, he claims to have "serious reservations" about. But he signs it anyway. He promises not to use the power (as tyrants always do), but has nothing to say about future executives. Instead of sending it back and telling them to fix it, he pays lip service. Of course, we know that he doesn't actually have any reservations, and was just making a politically comforting statement. Lying asshole. It is reminiscent of Bush and his signing of McCain-Feingold, saying that the court would ultimately decide. It's not for the Chief Executive to punt things to the court, nor is it for the Chief Executive to look at only his administration when gauging powers that will affect all administrations to come as long as this law is in place.
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