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Or delusional, maybe high, who knows? I wonder if the "liberal" media will pay much attention to this statement by Bush. Entire article; link below.
“WASHINGTON - President George W. Bush, in his most detailed comments to date on the Supreme Court's rejection of his decision to put detainees on trial before military commissions, said on Friday that the court had tacitly approved his use of the detention center at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
"It didn't say we couldn't have done - couldn't have made that decision, see?" Bush told reporters at a news conference in Chicago. "They were silent on whether or not Guantanamo - whether or not we should have used Guantanamo. In other words, they accepted the use of Guantanamo, the decision I made."
Bush's remarks put a favorable spin on a ruling that has been widely interpreted as a rebuke of the administration's policies in the War on Terror. The Supreme Court, last week in the case of Hamdan vs. Rumsfeld, ruled broadly that military commissions were unauthorized by statute and violated international law
The question of whether Bush had properly used Guantanamo Bay to house detainees was not at issue in the case. At issue was whether the president could unilaterally establish military commissions with rights different from those allowed at a court-martial to try detainees for war crimes. Bush has said since the ruling came out that he would work with Congress to figure out how to use military commissions to try detainees, a promise he reiterated in Chicago on Friday.
"I am willing to abide by the ruling of the Supreme Court," the president said.”
http://www.dailynews.com/sports/ci_4026208
“WASHINGTON - President George W. Bush, in his most detailed comments to date on the Supreme Court's rejection of his decision to put detainees on trial before military commissions, said on Friday that the court had tacitly approved his use of the detention center at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
"It didn't say we couldn't have done - couldn't have made that decision, see?" Bush told reporters at a news conference in Chicago. "They were silent on whether or not Guantanamo - whether or not we should have used Guantanamo. In other words, they accepted the use of Guantanamo, the decision I made."
Bush's remarks put a favorable spin on a ruling that has been widely interpreted as a rebuke of the administration's policies in the War on Terror. The Supreme Court, last week in the case of Hamdan vs. Rumsfeld, ruled broadly that military commissions were unauthorized by statute and violated international law
The question of whether Bush had properly used Guantanamo Bay to house detainees was not at issue in the case. At issue was whether the president could unilaterally establish military commissions with rights different from those allowed at a court-martial to try detainees for war crimes. Bush has said since the ruling came out that he would work with Congress to figure out how to use military commissions to try detainees, a promise he reiterated in Chicago on Friday.
"I am willing to abide by the ruling of the Supreme Court," the president said.”
http://www.dailynews.com/sports/ci_4026208