Posted on 11/16/2008 5:34:52 PM PST by 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.
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And THAT, I suspect, is the REAL Obama/Ayers plan. They want to demoralize our military so that many of the finest will leave (and be replaced with leftists and worse).
We need to support and encourage our wonderful troops, at every level of rank, to STAY IN and ride out the leftist assault on our military.
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I was actually referring to 1-4 stars in general. Hell, I know plenty of company grade officers that already plan on handing in their papers.
As with all liberals, Obama’s head is firmly planted up his butthole.
This idiot needs to go there before he vows anything.
I hope he catches a muslim “cocktail” in the face.
I was commenting on Obama’s statement not yours.
I hope not. This is exactly the problem, not confronting liberals. We take our kids out of schools, and run from them when we should stand and fight. Because for every Schwarzkopf and Petraeus there's a Weasely Clark and Colin Powell in the wings.
No prob bro.
We don’t and never have tortured at GITMO. What a loser this guy is and his followers.
It may be the pinot noir speaking, but I don’t give a flying F*** what the rest of the world thinks of my country.
It appears much higher "petrol" prices are in our future, since he is determined to "break our addiction!!!!! If that happens then Palin should be all over him for the next four years.
Speaking about the economy, Senator Obama said the Government should not worry about deficits over the next two years while spending money to jumpstart the ailing economy.
Get ready for rampant inflation
He said a consensus had emerged between economists in both major US political parties that expensive measures were necessary to avoid a deep recession. WHO on our side? I want to know names
my national security apparatus
Just what the heck is that?
we don’t torture but we throw a new born baby from a botched abortion on the floor of a broom closet and let it die alone and without any decency and that is okay with Obimbo.
Who will sit on a jury and convict these terrorists knowing that if they vote guilty they are signing their own fatwah?
Just let them go, oh chosen one, so they can practice their trade. Give them green cards and welfare. And, by all means, do not anger them. If you be nice to them they will leave us alone.
Aren’t we all glad we didn’t run that nutcase Ron Paul against him? After all, RP wanted to pull the troops out of Iraq. Instead we ran McLoser amd everything is a lot better now, isn’t it? /sarc
My son, a captian in the Marine Corps, is seriously thinking about resigning his commission.
If Obama is insisting on closing Gitmo, I guess preparing a remote island for the worst of the worst is also out of the question.
Got to let them go, its much too dangerous to bring them to the United States where their place of imprisonment would be a terror target.
P.S. Time to tuck away the summer wardrobe, Michelle maBelle.
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