National Defense Authorization Act

Today President Obama signed the National Defense Authroization Act,(NDAA) which allows for indefinite detension without requiring a charge or a trial to detain terrorists. CAIR, ACLU and other human rights groups have shown their displeasure that a president who campaigned against the Bush Administration's detainment of terrorists without justified reasons is now signing on to a bill that goes against the very thing he chastised the previous administration for doing. I commend President Obama for allowing this piece of legislation to go through, because without it I feel this country could allow known terrorists to walk free and commit acts of terrorism on innocent civilians. Now, people who threaten the United States and our allies can be detained without such organizations like the ACLU, standing in the government's way in keeping these harmful people off the streets and in a cell where they belong. This also, puts a stain on President Obama's record when it comes to his party's primary voters which are mostly against treating terrorists in an inhumane way. He will have quite a fight on his hand coming from Democratic opposition that will see this as damaging legislation to his reelection campaign. I applaud his courage for signing a bill that goes against his party's beliefs, especially in an election year. However, after his war that isn't a war in Libya, his lack of support for Israel against Palestinian agresssion and his absolute denial that we have a problem at our southern border, I will hold off on praising him too much. Because this bill is just one good thing in an array of bad decisions that have put our soldiers and the American people in harms way. His lack of leadership and his inability to make decisions consistently have hurt him with the American populace in general; now it is hurting him with even his most ardent supporters.