The late comedian George Carlin had a routine during which he listed several politically correct terms for a handicapped person, ranging from physically challenged to otherwise enabled. Brandishing his usual profound wit he concluded, “You can change the name of the problem to anything you want but the guy is still crippled!”
At GITMO, we have a murdering band of thugs captured on the field of battle during The Global War On Terror, that our make-believe government in Washington has now decided to rename detainees. Well, change the name to anything you want but they are still unlawful enemy combatants, most of whom have brutally killed American sons and daughters — all of whom would do it again in a heartbeat. By the way, as you probably know, we’re not supposed to say War On Terror anymore either!
A few months ago these same sand vermin weren’t entitled to so much as protection under the Geneva Conventions. In every war fought during the past 5,000 years, except for the odd prisoner exchange, captured enemy combatants were either killed or held until the end of hostilities. It seems, however, that the chip Obama carries on his shoulder for America is partially fed by a soft spot in his head for Muslims. In addition to closing their Caribbean country club, he wants to bring these barbarians to the U.S. and give them all the rights to trial of a citizen. Besides being despicable and dangerous, awarding such rights to the enemy is unprecedented in the annals of history, military or otherwise!
Beyond Orwellian doublespeak, this is a policy that demonstrates weakness to our enemies, disrespect to our troops and destroys the morale of our brave forces in harm’s way. I’d love to hear what Mr. Carlin would have done with this one!
R.S.F.
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