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Politics : Proof that John Kerry is Unfit for Command -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: redfish who wrote (22744)	10/28/2004 12:30:36 PM
From: JakeStraw	Respond to of 27181

That's a pretty f-ed up attitude to have... Funny how you would be screaming if the shoe was on the other foot...

To: redfish who wrote (22744)	10/28/2004 12:43:58 PM
From: redfish	Respond to of 27181

THE ECONOMIST FOR KERRY: Another conservative endorsement of Kerry. The editor, Bill Emmott, put it this way: "It was a difficult call, given that we endorsed George Bush in 2000 and supported the war in Iraq. But in the end we felt he has been too incompetent to deserve re-election." Ouch. I'm glad they focused on Guantanamo and Abu Ghraib, two huge blows to America's reputation as a guarantor of human rights, and two issues largely missing from the debates: "The biggest mistake, though, was one that will haunt America for years to come. It lay in dealing with prisoners-of-war by sending hundreds of them to the American base at Guantánamo Bay in Cuba, putting them in a legal limbo, outside the Geneva conventions and outside America's own legal system. That act reflected a genuinely difficult problem: that of having captured people of unknown status but many of whom probably did want to kill Americans, at a time when to set them free would have been politically controversial, to say the least. That difficulty cannot neutralise the damage caused by this decision, however. Today, Guantánamo Bay offers constant evidence of America's hypocrisy, evidence that is disturbing for those who sympathise with it, cause-affirming for those who hate it. This administration, which claims to be fighting for justice, the rule of law and liberty, is incarcerating hundreds of people, whether innocent or guilty, without trial or access to legal representation. The White House's proposed remedy, namely military tribunals, merely compounds the problem." If they get re-elected, they need to fix this. Or Kerry has to do the job. andrewsullivan.com