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Originally Posted by Tex
Bull. While Bush has certainly been interested in restoring a strong executive, calling it the "defining characteristic" for Gitmo is exceptionally obtuse.
The Bush admin detained people they identified as threats to national security. We can dicker over the criteria, but securing the nation in a time of war was the objective. And it's truly hard to argue that it hasn't been effective, by any measuring stick available to us.
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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.
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.