The Murderers of American Soldiers Go Free: File under "Engagement"

This would go down in history as one of the most despicable acts of an American president: to release the muderers of five American soldiers to advance a ridiculous objective. The Obama administration has been negotiating with Iran-backed terrorists and has traded Laith Qazali for two British corpses. This transaction coincides remarkably with the surprise release of 4 Uighers to Bermuda, much to the "dismay" of the British governement.  Read the whole story here.

Andy McCarthy asks, "Where's Congress?"  Silly!  They are far too busy ramming through the Carbon Tax to worry about whatever Barry is up to.

Closing Gitmo

CQ Transcriptswire

SPEAKER: PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA

[*] OBAMA: This first executive order that we are signing, by the authority vested in me as president of the -- president by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, in order to affect the appropriate disposition of individuals currently detained by the Department of Defense at Guantanamo, and promptly to close the detention facility at Guantanamo, consistent with the national security and foreign policy interests of the United States and the interests of justice, I hereby order.

And we then provide the process whereby Guantanamo will be closed no later than one year from now. We will be -- is there a separate executive order, Greg, with respect to how we’re going to dispose of the detainees? Is that...

CRAIG: (OFF-MIKE) set up a process.

OBAMA: We will be setting up a process whereby this is going to be taking place.

The individuals who are standing behind me represent flag officers who came to both Joe and myself and all the candidates and made a passionate plea that we restore the standards of due process and the core constitutional values that have made this country great, even in the midst of war, even in dealing with terrorism.

They’ve made an extraordinary impression on me. They are outstanding Americans who have fought and defended this country. And for them to fight on behalf of our constitutional ideals and values, I think is exceptional, so I wanted to make sure that they were here to witness the signing of this executive order.

There we go.

Did I hear it right: that Greg Craig Gregory Craigory is actually running the country? The New "Process Czar"? This is beginning to look like a typical episode of "Yes, Minister."

In the interest of being fair and balanced, there are some people who didn't make an impression on BO who maintain that one of the things that made this country great was our willingness to shove water up the noses of people who wanted to kill us.  I am one of the people who don't impress BO.

Aside: For the uninitiated (and I imagine there are very few of you), "process" is code for "we don't know what we're doing but we hope to wear everyone down with talk, talk, talk until they cave." End aside.

Pete Hoekstra has it right, and thank you Pete, for saying SOMETHING:

"It sets an objective without a plan to get there," Hoekstra said. "Given the fact that we are talking about trained terrorists and people who have committed acts of mass murder, it would seem the proper course would be to have a plan in place before making this decision."