And It Begins with an O(bama)

Wow. Am I the only person who's more than a little bit concerned at the expediency with which Obama is shutting down these prisons? The guy has basically had two months to review and digest the masses of intelligence that have been collected since 9/11. And with that level of expertise he's willing to shut everything down that has kept us safe for nearly 8 years? That's kind of scary, no?

You gotta love the naivete of this:

The official said "there are serious concerns as to where the detainees will be held" and that sending them "into the U.S. federal court system may lead to some of them being released" because the military commissions have different guidelines regarding evidence.

White House officials declined to comment on the status of the orders.

I'll bet they declined to comment.

So. Just to recap: our new president has already stopped military prosecution of enemy combatants, is now set to close the military prisons, and is seeking to prosecute these terrorists in our federal court system. Just for you slow kids in the back, that will extend to these people the same rights as a U.S. citizen. (Yes, meaning they will have court-appointed (read: paid for by you and me) attorneys, and they will have the right to sue to federal government under any of the plethora of "you made me feel bad" laws.

Dennis Prager nailed Obama's worldview today when he said that his thoughts on our enemies are child-like. Below, Prager quotes from the inaugural speech and then points out the dangers of having a child's mind in the oval office:

“Our security emanates from the justness of our cause, the force of our example, the tempering qualities of humility and restraint.” Only the very, very naive could say something so wrong. It is hard to identify a time in history when any people’s security emanated from the justness of their cause. That is a fairy tale. Did the justness of the Jews’ cause give the Jews security in Hitler’s Europe? Or the Ukrainians or Armenians or Cambodians or anyone else? Powerful armies give decent peoples their security, not the justness of their cause. If President Obama believes that in this world good people are secure thanks to the goodness of their cause, America is in trouble.