Obama vows to shut Guantanamo in 60 Minutes interview

new.au.com ^ | November 17, 2008 | Agency Press France

[Nachum]

US President-elect Barack Obama says he will shut down the "war on terror'' internment camp at Guantanamo Bay and rebuild "America's moral stature in the world,'' in a major interview aired overnight.

"I have said repeatedly that I intend to close Guantanamo, and I will follow through on that,'' the Democrat, who takes office on January 20, told the CBS program 60 Minutes.

"I have said repeatedly that America doesn't torture. And I'm going to make sure that we don't torture. Those are part and parcel of an effort to regain America's moral stature in the world,'' Senator Obama said.

In the wide-ranging interview, Senator Obama also vowed no retreat from his campaign promise to begin pulling troops out of Iraq and switch the military focus to Afghanistan.

"As soon as I take office, I will call in the Joint Chiefs of Staff, my national security apparatus, and we will start executing a plan that draws down our troops,'' he said.

[FlingWingFlyer]

We should have “vetted” this lowlife.

[Ghost of Philip Marlowe]

Effing scumbag commie.

Out to destroy America by enabling its enemies.

[randomhero97]

"As soon as I take office, I will call in the Joint Chiefs of Staff, my national security apparatus, and we will start executing a plan that draws down our troops,'' he said.

I can see a lot of general officer retirement papers being put in.

[Calpernia]

Or ensuring he doesn’t end up there himself.

[toddausauras]

What a G.D. Neville Chamberlain.

[al baby]

Time to start a impeach obama movement

[Paladin2]

"...part and parcel of an effort to regain America's moral stature in the world"

What about sleazy real estate deals?

[musicman]

"Obama vows to shut Guantanamo in 60 Minutes interview"

[editor-surveyor]

Turn them well trained terrorists loose to do their job!

[SlowBoat407]

I have said repeatedly that America doesn't torture.

Then what has every day since November 4 been?

[G Larry]

Ya, he wants to clear space for the neo-Soviets.

This friggen idiot is going to give away the farm!

[Tzimisce]

Makes me feel proud to know that my “fair share” will be raised so that these “freedom fighters” can get better lawyers than I’ll ever see for crimes they freely admit to doing.

I’m sure they’ll get “fair” trials - meaning that they’ll be let go on technicalities. Man what a country. :(

[gwilhelm56]

**”I have said repeatedly that America doesn’t torture. And I’m going to make sure that we don’t torture.”**

And what they did to Daniel Pearl was a church picnic??

Smart MOVE, B Hussein O, you just painted a target on the Pentagon again.

[RetiredArmy]

Yeah, Obama would have given Hitler a ACLU lawyer and let him argue in US court.

[csmusaret]

The Joint Chiefs are not in the chain of command. They do not execute plans.

[Rudder]

This whole Gitmo thing is nothing but a public relations (OK, propaganda) myth initiated and maintained by the democrats. Now, the myth is going to be "fixed."

This a real piece of work, a masterpiece of propaganda that puts Goebbels' feeble efforts to shame.

[KayEyeDoubleDee]

I can see a lot of general officer retirement papers being put in.

At such an historic crossroads in the disintegration of our nation, that would be a terrible tragedy - the DOD is about the only American institution that The Left doesn't own - heck, they even own Langley now.

Without a presence in the DOD, the cause of freedom in America* is doomed.

 

*Or in whatever emerges to replace America, after its impending socio-political collapse and implosion.

[SERKIT]

Internment camp? This guy is deluded!

[Enchante]

Time to set all those terrorists loose...... from 15,000 feet over the middle of the Atlantic.

Seriously, what are we going to do with those lowlifes, is the Obamanation really going to pour them into our domestic judicial institutions? This is nuts.