MySpace contacts.

Or perhaps "the defendants"?

Damn shame we'd actually have due process for the accused.

Obama administration drops term "enemy combatant" for detainees held at Guantanamo Bay, will now be known as "friends you haven't met yet"

amirite?

Good! Now my grandmother will get off the Terrorist watch list for buying canned cat food.

"Won't you be my neighbor?"

Or they could call them koranimaniacs.

Subby brought the funny. +1

good

Chalk another one up for this administration

I can't wait to read each and every single one of the 800 comments that this Obama thread is sure to bring.
Don't let me down guys!

"Prisoners of War" is soooo 20th century.

Obama administration drops term "enemy combatant" for detainees held at Guantanamo Bay, will now be known as "friends you haven't met yet HIS CABINET"

Heyooooooooooooooooooooo

/at least they're not tax cheats, amirite? amirite?

Barnstormer: Or they could call them koranimaniacs.

They got bologna in their slacks?

Members of the Lollipop Guild?

Barnstormer: Or they could call them koranimaniacs.

And they're zany to the max!

Well this headline is only going to lead to one thing:

Next the Mexico/US wall now to be called the friendship wall.


If you dont know the term watch the movie speechless.

Nah, they need something progressive and PC like "undocumented workers"...

"unintentional visitors"?
"impromptu aggressors"?
"the inadvertently detained"?

Immigrants, then citizens.

They should change the legal designation to, and refer to them as, "Jewish people", just to piss them off.

/Quick & Dirty

They will now be known as "Tha bomb"

Finally,

I'm don't think the whole fiasco will be nearly as great a national shame as the Japanese internment camps were, but it will definitely be something our grandkids facepalm us for.

It'll still be a while before they get actual trials and the ones who get released without charges won't even get so much as an apology.

/yes some of them are guilty and dangerous
/doesn't matter if we aren't willing to prove or even conclusively demonstrate it.

*shakes tiny... I mean, big manly fist at Trey Le Parc*

Yeah, I am so sure the govt wants to waste its time detaining a 15 year old farkstick that just was sitting around looking for candy.

Suck it, Reptards

Awww, he's no fun. I liked making up new words to circumvent established legal precedents and regulations!

Bout time. I've lost what little faith I had in Obama before the election even, so at least he's doing a few things that might, with luck, lead to something good!

/and stem cells
//more than previous 8 years!

We can still attach jumper cables to their genitals though, right?

Just like McCarthyism, we'll look back on this and laugh - one day - maybe.

I prefer to call them "Friends with benefits".

fap fap fap

medius: Suck it, Reptards

I friggin knew the lizard people were behind this!

I heard it's part of the stimulus package-- just think how many jobs cleaning and rebuilding the WTC created...

Evil Ghandi: Well this headline is only going to lead to one thing:

A flame war? In an Obama thread? Pish posh and balderdash.

Al_Ed: Nah, they need something progressive and PC like "undocumented workers"...

And as we all know, Political Correctness can not be tolerated. With that in mind...

*AHEM*

TRIG PALIN IS A RETARD!!!

Thank you.

How about calling them "Kidnap Victims"?

Son of Thunder: Barnstormer: Or they could call them koranimaniacs.

And they're zany to the max!

They're koranimany
Totally insaney
No connection to Saddam Hussein-y
Koranimaniacs!

Typical conservative dichotomy.
Either you're with us or against us.
Either they're labeled "enemy combatants" or we're all holding hands singing Kumbaya.

How 'bout we call them likely Democratic voters?

Republicans put them in jail. Democrats will let them out. Nuff said.

At this point, I'm just thankful we didn't have a earmark for Al Quieda. (Thanks, Dennis Miller)

notimeforhippies: Republicans put them in jail. Democrats will let them out put them in court.

FTFY

IXI Jim IXI: We can still attach jumper cables to their genitals though, right?

Of course. What part of "friends" didn't you understand?

I Said: They should change the legal designation to, and refer to them as, "Jewish people", just to piss them off.

*golf clap*

notimeforhippies: How 'bout we call them likely Democratic voters?

Republicans put them in jail. Democrats will let them out. Nuff said.

Cat Food Sandwiches: At this point, I'm just thankful we didn't have a earmark for Al Quieda. (Thanks, Dennis Miller)

ha-ha, you guys are so funny.

_{/not really}

Only on Fark could an Obama thread about Gitmo lead to Animaniacs references.

+1 to all of you.

meh, I've never had a problem with term "enemy combatant". However, it does get missused. For example, one who provides material aid or support to our enemy is someone who is our enemy... however, they are not a "combatant" as they are not really participating in combat.

I totaly do have a problem with the qualifyers "legal" and "illegal" being used as a descriptor.

These terms only served one purpose, to manipulate you into percieving all who oppose our interests as a terrorist.

For example, why should it (unless you are an American or co-allition citizen) illegal to provide aid to the "enemy"? Why should the "enemy" have to abide by our laws? Their the farking enemy.

The major problem I've had was that somehow, being designated as an "illegal enemy combatant" affords you less rights than a regular enemey. This is bullshiat logic only intended to side-step laws that you have agreed to.

It's scum-fark reasoning only intended to squelch any resistance to our occupation. As if we should be aforded carte-blanc over every country we choose, which is also one of the major reasons Bush could never secure the "hearts and minds" of those he tried to occupy.

Car_Ramrod: Of course. What part of "friends" didn't you understand?

Well, some people reserve that for business contacts.

B. HUSSEIN 0bama is the worst president ever. He can't do anything right.

If we had a Real American Patriot as president, he would execute these terrorists without wasting taxpayer money on ridiculous trials. They gave up their rights when they decided to hate America.

Streetcar!

How about "cousins"?

I think we just need to let them go. Make it a little game. Put a tracking collar on them, like they do with wild animals, and when we kill them (like we should have the first time) we can see their "migratory habits". LOL