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Major Kyndra Rotunda-Miller wrote a great book that separated the facts from the myths of the Guantánamo Bay detention facility. I’m now reading another book, this one by Lt. Col. Gordon Cucullu titled Inside Gitmo, is the true story behind the myths of Guantánamo Bay. I’ve just started reading it but already have been provided [...]

Southpark Gnomes policies.

Here’s Bret Stephens, and yet another read the whole thing: Sometimes it takes “South Park” to explain life’s deeper mysteries. Like the logic of the Obama administration’s policy proposals. Consider the 1998 “Gnomes” episode — possibly surpassing Milton Friedman’s “Free to Choose” as the classic defense of capitalism — in which the children of South [...]

Dems terror rhetoric not matching their actions.

It would be comical were it not our national security. Democrats have a lot of rhetoric denouncing Bush-era War on Terror policies these days. Just one thing: They seem to be keeping all of the Bush-era War on Terror policies. Saying earlier today that the United States “went off course” with it’s post 9-11 actions [...]

Against tribunals… no, for them!

Here’s the Wall Street Journal: President Obama’s endorsements of Bush-Cheney antiterror policies are by now routine: for example, opposing the release of prisoner abuse photographs and support for indefinite detention for some detainees, and that’s just this week. More remarkable is White House creativity in portraying these U-turns as epic change. Witness yesterday’s announcement endorsing [...]

Obama blinks on detainee photos!

The water gets deeper for Nancy Pelosi. Boy, if you’re a Democratic politician you know you are in trouble when even liberal outlets like the St. Petersburg Time’s Politifact or Jon Stewart are calling you a liar. For all his faults Barack Obama isn’t a dummy, and can certainly tell when the tide is turning. [...]

Pelosi’s whoppers x40.

Are these Democratic Capital Hill folks fools, or do they just think we, the American public, are? Despite her previous denials declassified records show that Nancy Pelosi was briefed 40 times on enhanced interrogation techniques. Meanwhile Sen. Jay Rockefeller has now contradicted his own denial in his own report. Ms. Pelosi’s denials are also difficult [...]

“Change” without substance.

Here’s a curious summary from former Lt. Col. Oliver North: On Thursday, Attorney General Eric Holder revealed to a Senate Appropriations subcommittee that some of the detainees “are going to be released,” others will “be tried,” and “some will be detained on a fairly extended basis,” without disclosing where or how any of that will [...]

We remove the incentive for civilized warfare.

Here’s another great letter to the Wall Street Journal. It’s an important point that often gets forgotten: Regarding Bill McGurn’s “Torture and the ‘Truth Commission’ ” and Bret Stephens’s “The Politics of Liberal Amnesia” (both April 28): Let’s take a step back from the sensationalism of the “torture” headlines. Rules of engagement, most often referenced [...]

Stewart apologizes, kinda.

Gosh, I guess even Comedy Central realized that calling President Truman a “war criminal” is beyond the pale. Stewart issued an apology, kind of. I’ll agree with Michael Goldfarb — his accusation against Truman wasn’t exactly spontaneous. However, Stewart was accurate that day in that emotional people say stupid things because their ego won’t let [...]

Former CIA Director: Congress is lying.

Here’s former CIA Director Porter Goss commenting on all the outlandish liars in Congress: A disturbing epidemic of amnesia seems to be plaguing my former colleagues on Capitol Hill. After the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, members of the committees charged with overseeing our nation’s intelligence services had no higher priority than stopping al-Qaeda. In the [...]