Excellent.
Posted on 01/26/2009 4:22:56 PM PST by Parmenio
President Obama's plan to close Guantánamo Bay within a year appeared to be unravelling yesterday with the emergence of former inmates on terrorist websites, fierce opposition in the US and a lukewarm response to taking detainees from the European Union.
After signing an executive order last week to close the US military prison, Mr Obama has been confronted with myriad obstacles that are making his ambitious pledge look unrealistic.
David Miliband, the Foreign Secretary, ruled out the prospect of Britain taking any more inmates, claiming that it had already made a significant contribution.
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Javier Solana, the EU's foreign and security policy chief, said that Europe wanted to help Mr Obama to close the prison but that no EU state could act until the new Administration could demonstrate that prisoners did not pose a threat. It emerged over the weekend that the US case files on the 250 detainees still in Guantánamo were in disarray, scattered throughout various government departments across Washington with some agencies, including the CIA, reluctant to share information.
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There is broad bipartisan opposition in the US to the idea of housing detainees on American soil.
John McCain, who supports closing Guantánamo, criticised Mr Obama for declaring that he would shut it without first working out how to go about it. “I don't know a state in America that wants them,” the Arizona senator said.
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Why not simply cut ‘em loose and let them leak through the fence into Cuba?
Excellent.
“Duhhhhhhhhhh...who would be STUPID enough to want these psychopaths in their country”
Uhhh, let’s not underestimate the stupidity of those who voted for Obami and especially those voters in the state of Colorado thinking the Supermax in Florence would be a nice place to put them. Florence is far enough away from Boulder and Denver that the uber liberals would feel safe:)
Come on, Juan, I know you can sound even more nonsensical if you just try harder. Since you're having so much trouble with that, maybe you should just tell us why in the heck you claimed to support closing Gitmo in the first place.
The governor of Colorado said he was fine with putting them in the federal super-max prison in his state.
Why in the world did Pres Bush and VP Cheney agree to releasing these terrorists? I thought they were smarter than that. They should have been stood up against a wall and executed.
Maybe this will serve as an object lesson for Obama and convince him that these terrorists Must Not be Released. Kill them all, that’s better than they deserve.
The Governor of Colorado is a DemocRAT moron. A lot of people are very upset about him running his mouth about this.
I think San Clemente Island off California would be a perfect place for them. BTW.. it is also the US Navy’s only remaining ship to shore firing range, plus has the US Navy Seal training center. Let them wander freely on the island like goats.
Okay, we have found people dumber than Obama. Release a video stating "we are just poor goat herders, trying to scratch out a living. We are upset that our families lost our work for so many years. They are even poorer than before. America owes us an apology." Obama would have released all their compatriots immediately.
The workings of this administration may actually turn out to be entertaining.
If those prisoner terrorists would just go on a hunger strike again, and this time we did not force feed them, this whole problem could go away as they quietly left Gitmo in their body bags.
Yeah, the one with all those over-sized Grizzlies (Kodiak) bears on it.
Military prison -- Great idea!
I'd have suggested some states where such prisoners wouldn't survive long if they escaped, but other than Alaska, there may not be any others.
Obama being Obama, I don’t see where this changes anything.
I thought they were all going to live in Frank F’ing Murtha’s backyard.
Guantanamo, when spelled in a civilized tongue, does not require an accent mark. In fact, the sublime language of Shakespeare, Milton, and Jefferson DOES NOT HAVE FRICKING ACCENT MARKS.
So, CUT IT OUT!
I think South Carolina was the first (Sanford?).
Obama: Governing is hard.
How did these “former inmates on terrorist websites” become former inmates? Why were they released? Just who released them?
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