On this morning's George Stephanapolous show, the panel of commentators ranging from far right (George Will) to far left (Donna Brazile) and a couple in the right and left middle (David Brooks and E.J. Dionne), all agreed on what President Obama's current position was relative to national security in general and the jailed terrorists in Guantanamo. They agreed that Obama's current position is almost exactly the same as President Bush's on the same issues.

They went on to agree that the "debate" between President Obama, Dick Cheney and other members of Congress was essentially political noise-making and that neither side could truly identify substantial differences in the position, beliefs or policy of "their side" versus that of the other.

Mine will be the 26th post in this thread. There have been many "back and forth" comments about which person and which political party truly has the correct slant on national security, when in fact there is virtually no difference in the beliefs and values of either side. I guess we hear what we want to hear from the politicians, depending on which side we're backing.