How about C.A.I.R. Bears?

http://blogs.newsobserver.com/grammar/word-watch-detainee-and-combatant

The author is a copy editor for the News & Observer in NC. I check out her blog once in a blue moon. Today, I noticed some strong leaning to Rachel Maddow (ugh) and less so to Olbermann (sigh) in a January entry. Oh well.

That aside, the point is to note the subtle language change from a word (combatant) with a suffix (-ant) that indicates action by the person described–that is, combatant doing bad things–to a word (detainee) with a suffix (-ee) that indicates a person being acted upon–that is, presumably innocent foreigner being detained by big, bad US government.

Subtle, but further confirmation that Obama et al. view these terrorists as criminal defendants rather than enemies of the country.

Note also the Janus-nature of the Obama administration’s view of the power of the federal government: military, FBI, CIA, police power, national security, homeland security, gun–all inherently bad; power to tax, power to dictate the allocation of economic resources, power to tell you how to run your life, power to educate your children, power to dictate fundamental matters of life (abortion), power to undertake social engineering–all inherently good.

Just take the “Cough gag”
prisioners outside
Shoot them in the head
and dump their bodies inside cuba

That way the communists can cry and weep over their dead sorry asses..

Becuase i wont

If obama and libwerals let these creeps loose in america
If i see one i will without hesitation
Shoot them..

And tell the popo it was some undocumented worker who did it driving a green ford pickup truck with mexican license plates..

Good luck..

Under the Geneva Convention and the Laws of War, HUGE change.

Fact is that we are NOT in a declared War, so we can’t call them Prisoners of War… as there is no war.

Most of these guys were taken in Civilian clothes… not uniforms, so technicly they should have been handed over to civilian authority in the countries we had invaded.

But that is that evil rendition program…

Reality is that the International Legal system has not come up with a good way to treat a War fighting situation involving non uniformed combatants… and won’t… as there are now too many Moslem countries involved in the Jihadist movement.

Its too much for the Cops… but not a full blown war either in most places.

Enemy combatanat was Bush’s middle ground attempt… but Obama cares more about scoring political points, than figuring out how to fix this…

I really think he believes we are not in a war… or has any clue about what War is.

Mise En Bouteille Au Chateau Obama.

Future Sharia finance contributors?

Tapdancing on a venal volcano, Barry will get burned by his bravado.

This is really a case of old wine in new bottles.”

Meh. Someone should write the Center for Constitutional Change and tell them to read the Bible more. The proper metaphor is old wine in new wineskins, not bottles.

In its filing today, the government bases its authority to hold detainees at Guantanamo on the Authorization for the Use of Military Force, which Congress passed in September 2001, and which authorized the use of force against nations, organizations, or persons the president determines planned, authorized, committed, or aided the September 11 attacks, or harbored such organizations or persons.

Sounds an awful lot like George to me and it sounds like their a$$ will remain in Gitmo. Maybe we could call them friendly combatants?

What sort of rights do the Geneva Conventions grant to mercenaries?

- The Cat

P.S. No, that’s not about Bush.

P.P.S. Speaking of, I mean how Arlo Guthrey is a lefty and all, why didn’t they call Bush’s cabinet The Group W?