Gitmo ruling

As most know, the Supremes (not the soul act) ruled that military tribunals used to process GWoT detainees held at the Navy's Guantanamo Bay facility are unconstitutional:

By a 5-3 vote, the nation's highest court declared that the tribunals, which Bush created right after the September 11 attacks, violated the Geneva Conventions and U.S. military rules.

Rueters writer James Vicini could hardly hide his excitement as he described the ruling as a, "sharp rebuke of President George W. Bush's tactics in the war on terrorism". As opposed to a sharp rebuke for the United States in keeping head-chopping ghouls out of circulation, I guess.

The reaction from other members of the left was predictable, such as a jubilant Amnesty International, who said:

"..sends a clear message to President Bush that he cannot act unilaterally to create a system of law from thin air."

Or some dude named Nicholas Howen, secretary-general of the International Commission of Jurists in Geneva who said,

"Now is the time for the Bush administration to move ahead swiftly to release all prisoners in Guantanamo."

Yes, perhaps we can send them to Switzerland to learn yodeling and watchmaking. Or maybe we'll just turn the entire GWoT over to the Swiss Army. By the way, I now pronounce myself Secretary-General of Fore Left. Or heck with it, just plain old general since there's not enough business here for a secretary (er, no offense to all you hard-working Administrative Assistants out there. Y'all probably do a heckuva lot more work than Secretary Howen).

Lastly, the most elated reaction to the news came from terrorists around the world, highlighted by Bin Laden who said,

Only WE can create laws out of thin air, hold mock trials and convict people with no evidence, then torture and kill them in cold blood in the most horrible ways imaginable. Allah is great!

Case closed..