…but I can’t help but notice that if I were trying to get out of a potentially disastrous PR meltdown (9/11 victims’ families versus “human rights groups”) while not immediately infuriating my base over Gitmo detainees I would start by getting a 120 day delay-of-game, too. After all, we could be very easily worrying about more important things by May.
No, seriously, think about it: why does he need four months for review? Didn’t he already have a couple of years to come up with a plan?
(Via AoSHQ.)
, and is (to the best to my knowledge) in the public domain.
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