{"id":812,"date":"2009-05-11T06:34:13","date_gmt":"2009-05-11T06:34:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=812"},"modified":"2009-05-11T06:34:13","modified_gmt":"2009-05-11T06:34:13","slug":"common_sense_from_john_bolton","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=812","title":{"rendered":"Common Sense From John Bolton"},"content":{"rendered":"

Today’s New York Post<\/a> has posted a commentary by John Bolton about the possible prosecution of members of the George Bush administration by the Spanish government.  The lawyers in the Bush Administration are being charged with torture for using ‘harsh interrogation techniques’ on terrorists.  President Obama has done nothing to stop this and has made no negative comments that I am aware of about what is happening here.  According to the article: <\/p>\n

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“Despite uncertainties here, developments overseas proceed apace. Spanish Magistrate Baltasar Garzon recently opened a formal probe of six Bush administration lawyers for their roles in advising on interrogation techniques. Garzon did so over the objections of Spain’s attorney<\/font><\/a><\/nobr> general. Under Spain’s inquisitorial judicial system, Garzon is essentially unaccountable, whatever the views of the elected government.”<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

There is a danger here to American sovereignty.  Do we want governments of other countries second-guessing our President’s decisions?  The aim of this investigation is to intimidate American leaders into not making the hard decisions that need to be made to keep our country safe.  Remember, the Spanish people are not heroes in the war on terror.  As soon as they suffered a horrific terror attack in March of 2004, they withdrew their troops from Afghanistan <\/em>and essentially withdrew from the war on terror.  All of us in the western world need to be aware that the only way we will defeat terrorism is to act in unity.  The goal of the rather small percentage of Muslims who are terrorists is to bring the entire world under Muslim control (Sharia law).  That impacts all western countries–not just us.<\/p>\n

What President Obama needs to remember is that the same Spanish court that is going after President Bush will come after him in four or eight years.  America, and only America has the right to make decisions on how to protect our country from terrorism.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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