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Originally Posted by BarbaraGordon
I didn't call anything the defining characteristic for Gitmo. Perhaps I'm not the obtuse one.
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You agreed with BlueK's self-named radical proposition that Gitmo was created for the primary purpose of expanding executive power.
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Originally Posted by Archaea
Tex, if you couple Guantanamo with the unPatriot Act, it would seem highly plausible to argue that Bush wanted to expand upon the power of the Executive without regard to the rights of citizens. At every step of the way, Bush has placed the power of the Executive over the interests of citizens in the name of security, which is by the way, the same sort of argument Putin and other despots always employ.
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How many citizens are in Gitmo? For that matter, how many American citizens have been indefinitely detained at all?
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Originally Posted by Archaea
Bush has been horrible in the cause of civil liberties and IMHO, why he may deserve the moniker as the Nation's Single Worst President ever, right next to Jimmy Carter.
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Ridiculous hyperbole, for both Bush and Carter.
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