I am writing about Obama’s decision to declassify previously classified memos entailing the Bush administrations interrogation techniques. Obama said that his reason for putting an end to the interrogation techniques outlined in the memos, “I believe our nation is stronger and more secure when we deploy the full measure of both our power and the power of our values, including the rules of law.” However many others are saying that Obama released the CIA memos as payback to Cheney. Reporting that Obama told reporters at the Oval office that the memos demonstrate that the nation lost its “moral bearing” during Bush’s administration.
That does not seem to be the case for a couple of reasons.
First off the Bush Administration needs no help losing support they were all set on their own. Why would Obama ever declassify memos simply to discredit an administration that already did a good job discrediting them? Especially at the expense of the country’s national security!
Reading some of the blogging being done a lot of people seem to think that Obama has compromised the nation’s security, saying that the enemy now knows how far an American soldier would go to get information. However do you really think they didn’t already know? I was not surprised to hear that Obama released these documents and as far as the interrogating tactics go I thought they were already public knowledge.
I don’t think that this was an attack on Cheney; however I do believe that it was an attack on Obama. Saying that “President Obama and his Administration themselves have politicized the most critical of issues, U.S. national security.” But how can you say that when Obama made it clear on the campaign trial that he wanted to put an end to the Bush administrations interrogation techniques?
Links used: http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalpunch/2009/04/at-cia-hq-obama.html
http://www.politicsdaily.com/2009/04/27/obama-released-cia-memos-as-cheney-payback/
2 comments:
I think this whole thing is a crock! The Bush Administration set themselves up for failure and continued to destroy itself at a steady pace. Their strategies didn’t work. I think it’s funny for the American people or rather some believe that in order to get information out of the enemy we must think like them. Bullshit! In order for the Middle East to get to a peaceful structure, we must first try to work out strategies of peace. Bushes methods of torture are immoral-we don’t treat other human beings like animals. I understand that what they did to us was horrific. However, must we sink to their level? The media is saying that Obama is attacking the former VP. I don’t think that’s true, where does it say or indicated that Obama is attacking him?
I agree...I am opposed to torture, but what exactly do you mean by using peaceful strategies when dealing with a confirmed terrorist?
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