Ethics

Cole Commander Speaks Out His Posterior

By Ed Brayton

McClatchy reports:

The former commander of the USS Cole, the American war ship that was struck by a suicide boat in Yemeni waters more than eight years ago, on Thursday slammed President Barack Obama's orders to close the Guantanamo detention center and reassess the prisoners being held there.

''We shouldn't make policy decisions based on human rights and legal advocacy groups,'' retired U.S. Navy Cmdr. Kurt Lippold said in a telephone interview. "We should consider what is best for the American people, which is not to jeopardize those who are fighting the war on terror -- or even more adversely impact the families who have already suffered loses as a result of the war."

Full post as published by Dispatches from the Culture Wars on February 03, 2009 (boomark / email).