Barack Obama seems to somehow have become the talk of the hour. Amidst him trying to prove that he can lead from the front, his international visits and his unusual campaigning approach, everyone seems to have forgotten about John McCain. McCain is a Republican presidential candidate whose fate soon might be similar to that of John Kerry in 2004.
He has been somewhat of a flip-flop and has been criticized extensively for yapping on the Guantanamo Bay issue. The Supreme Court recently stated that the foreign detainees at Guantanamo Bay should have some constitutional rights to ‘habeas corpus’ protections as “enemy combatants”. This means that the detainees would have the right to challenge their detention and would come under the purview of US domestic law. Bush and his administration are not happy about this decision because now for them, the advantage that Guantanamo Bay brings will be taken away.
Guantanamo Bay is a 45 square mile parcel of land which America had taken on a perpetuity lease from Cuba and the idea was that Guantanamo Bay would not come under the purview of domestic of international law and thus it would be easier to “make the terrorists talk” there. But with the Supreme Court’s decision, around 200 suits filed by Guantanamo Bay detainees will kick in.
John McCain who initially was against the Court giving Guantanamo Bay detainees the ‘habeas corpus’ status is now all of a sudden keen on supporting the immediate closure of the prison camp and transfer of its prisoners to the mainland. He also had recently proposed on expanding George Bush’s tax cuts which he originally voted against. Currently, he supports offshore drilling along America’s coastline, something he aggressively opposed the last time he ran for president. But he did say that he is still not in favor of drilling in the Arctic wildlife reserve in Alaska.
McCain playing see-saw with words would probably cost him very dearly, especially with Obama watching his every move. I think he would have been better off had he kept his mouth shut on the Guantanamo Bay issue.
He has been somewhat of a flip-flop and has been criticized extensively for yapping on the Guantanamo Bay issue. The Supreme Court recently stated that the foreign detainees at Guantanamo Bay should have some constitutional rights to ‘habeas corpus’ protections as “enemy combatants”. This means that the detainees would have the right to challenge their detention and would come under the purview of US domestic law. Bush and his administration are not happy about this decision because now for them, the advantage that Guantanamo Bay brings will be taken away.
Guantanamo Bay is a 45 square mile parcel of land which America had taken on a perpetuity lease from Cuba and the idea was that Guantanamo Bay would not come under the purview of domestic of international law and thus it would be easier to “make the terrorists talk” there. But with the Supreme Court’s decision, around 200 suits filed by Guantanamo Bay detainees will kick in.
John McCain who initially was against the Court giving Guantanamo Bay detainees the ‘habeas corpus’ status is now all of a sudden keen on supporting the immediate closure of the prison camp and transfer of its prisoners to the mainland. He also had recently proposed on expanding George Bush’s tax cuts which he originally voted against. Currently, he supports offshore drilling along America’s coastline, something he aggressively opposed the last time he ran for president. But he did say that he is still not in favor of drilling in the Arctic wildlife reserve in Alaska.
McCain playing see-saw with words would probably cost him very dearly, especially with Obama watching his every move. I think he would have been better off had he kept his mouth shut on the Guantanamo Bay issue.
2 comments:
Its what we call politics my dear.
McCain has managed to raise quite a few eyebrows after this recent comment of his..thanks for the comment..keep checkin the blog..god bless...
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