During the Bush administration, there was an outcry of invasion of
civil liberties due to the wiretapping of suspicious incoming messages
from abroad. Was the ACLU all over this concern? I don't know about
you, but I have not heard of one case being brought by the ACLU showing
illegal wiretapping of Americans due to this Bush policy. Maybe it
wasn't illegal after all. So now the Obama administration after being
faced with the reality of protecting the homeland has not stopped the
wiretapping, even though it jumped on board with the critics during the
campaign.
Now we have EITs, or enhanced interrogation techniques, and the photos
taken. The ACLU is all over this but without regard for our troops,
without regard for security here. It is just another grandstand case
that doesn't accomplish any goodwill in the world for America.
President Obama, faced with a demand to show all the documents and who
knew what when, if he shows the photos, is now backing off and fighting
the ACLU all the way to the Supreme Court.
I, for one, support Obama for taking this stand, albeit late, and
probably for the wrong reasons. He says he wants to protect the troops,
but he is probably getting a lot of push back from Speaker Pelosi and
other members of Congress because of her forgetfulness with regard to
what she really knew about these EITs. She knows that her hypocrisy
will be revealed if all the documents are released with the photos.
Obama is turning out to be a master politician and realities are
forcing him toward the center on matters of homeland security. His
liberal agenda calls for his credibility to remain intact for the next
year if wants to spend the $4.5 trillion to cover his budget and health
care for all, etc.
Unpopular wars aside, if Obama's wish list gets accomplished in the
timeframe he hopes, he will have spent more of our money in one year
than Bush did in the entire eight years of his presidency, which
included fighting the bulk of two wars. A $16 trillion deficit is not
impossible by the end of his first term.
The ACLU is acting more like an enemy among us. Try to find out how
they are funded if you really want a wakeup call on this organization.
Parker lives in Warren.
