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Catherine Moy
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Posted on 02/20/2009 12:52:43 PM PST by Syncro
Friday, February 20, 2009
President Obama in one of his first actions in office ordered the closure of the terrorist prison at Guantanamo Bay. He also ordered an in-depth study of the prison camps to decipher whether the terrorists and alleged terrorists at Gitmo are properly treated and that U.S. troops are abiding by the Geneva Conventions.
The report, part of which was leaked today, shows that Gitmo “complies with the humanitarian requirements of the Geneva conventions” and that the prisoners are treated with dignity. A Pentagon official, who spoke anonymously, said that it showed that the Bush administration created a humane detention camp that has been unfairly characterized by critics. Speaking of the remaining 245 detainees there, this official said the report underscored that if the men are moved, they may “go from a humane environment to a less humane environment,” according to the New York Times.
Well, well, well. As we at Move America Forward have been saying, President Obama has stepped in it. He has no plans for these dangerous beasts and, un til he ordered his Attorney General to visit gitmo, he had made no efforts to know the truth about what happens at the state-of-the art prison.
MAF visited Guantanamo Bay over the Christmas holidays and saw firsthand the living conditions of these prisoners, who have committed acts of terrorism or battled against America and her allies in the war on terror.
I saw the exercise yards with elliptical equipment; learned about the six meal plans from which these detainees choose their weekly meals; saw the interrogation rooms for the hardest terrorists that have cushy, overstuffed couches; viewed the high-quality flatscreen televisions the terrorists watch on their nightly movie nights; and observed the play yards where groups of detainees played soccer together. Throughout the prisons, arrows are painted on the floor so when the prisoners are called to prayer five times a day (all prisoners are Muslim), they know where Mecca is.
The prison is climate-controlled and each prisoner has a doctor and an orderly and nurse, better health care than our troops and the American taxpayers who foot the bill for these terrorists.
So it is no surprise to me that the Obama’s report shows that the terrorists and suspected enemy combatants are living in appropriate quarters and in good conditions. The attacks on the Bush Adminstration were hogwash from ignorant people.
The report did find that prsoners should spend more time out of their cells, but I saw a lot of freedom at Gitmo.
The review, conducted by Adm. Patrick M. Walsh, the vice chief of naval operations, describes a series of steps that could be taken to allow detainees to speak to one another more often and to engage in group activities, the government officials said. For years, critics of the prison have said that many detainees spend as many as 23 hours a day within the confines of cement cells and were only permitted recreation alone in fenced-off outdoor pens.
The report, which Admiral Walsh is scheduled to discuss publicly at the Pentagon next week, is being presented to a White House that some government officials have described as caught off guard by the extreme emotions and political cross-currents provoked by Guantánamo. Some critics said that the report’s conclusions are likely to intensify the debate about the prison, and put the Obama White House for the first time in the position of defending it.
As I said above, the detainees spend plenty of time outside of their cells. The most compliant get to be out of their cells for hours upon hours, playing foosball, soccer and exercising. They also take art and English classes.
The Obama adminstration better believe they are going to feel pressure and heat from those of us who know the truth about Gitmo. MAF has produced a commercial which you can see here.
There is no logic behind closing gitmo. It is safe and humane, as Obama’s report shows.
The Obama adminstration better believe they are going to feel pressure and heat from those of us who know the truth about Gitmo. MAF has produced a commercial which you can see here.There is no logic behind closing gitmo. It is safe and humane, as Obama’s report shows.
There is no logic behind anything that the Obama administration has done yet. Except to position themselves for having more power!
I think this report gives them cover so they can leave it open.
I can actually see Obama’s logic in closing it. It has become a symbol and a rallying point. If you close it, it takes that away.
Doesn’t mean in a time of war we can’t reestablish it.
What you do with the prisoners is a different issue. Hopefully, Obama won’t just set them free.
Soo-prize, soo-prize.
Oh no. No, no, no NO!
He promised to close Gitmo. He has to close it.
Put the terrorists in San Francisco, Boston, New York and Johnstown PA.
No welching, Obama. You promised to close it.
Ooops! He just lost the most extreme element of his base.
Very dangerous to do so.
It's not good logic to close it because the liberals choose to make it a faux symbol of cruelty and a rallying point to feed the MSM to make America look bad.
I strongly disagree with you and Present Obama and the liberal socialist America haters that want it closed because they don't believe these people are dangerous.
I haven’t looked at the Geneva Convention in a long time, but I don’t think it applies to people like terrorists. I think it applies to uniformed soldiers.
Did he finally have one brain cell left and find out the question everyone is asking: ‘WHERE DO YOU PUT THE PRISONERS?” (IF YOU CLOSE GITMO).
Oooooo, I can’t wait to see the reaction when the Obama-bots get wind of this!
I have fallen off the universe......
and I don’t know it I want to come back.....
some one PLEASE send Patron Margaritas-— IN BARRELS!!!!
I’ll meet you at the Hyatt for happy hour...
LOL
That will go about like this: "Well, they knew Obama was elected, so they straightened it up and stopped the torture and Koran flushing"
It certainly does NOT apply to civilians cowards holding up babies and women in front of them to shoot at our brave troops and Iraqi soldiers.
calling code pink, calling code pink, that Jodie nutcase is going to have a shitfit.
it showed that the Bush administration created a humane detention camp that has been unfairly characterized by critics
I’m shocked....simply shocked
This flies in the face of all the Close Guantanamo folks. Their primary argument was that it was inhumane and goes against the Geneva Conventions. The left must be livid.
ONLY if you protect me!
;-)
I understand that closing Gitmo won’t stop muslims from hating non-muslims. But it’s one less thing the traitorous MSM can harp about.
as we thought, Obama used all those lefties to defeat Hillary and then shoved them all under the bus, at least Hillary was honest and wouldnt commit. Obama shafted all the antiwar lefties and drove a tank all over them.
Serves them right for believing a lying snake in the grass.
“Hot Conservative Babe Protector”
; > )
Political Expediency as he swings hard left and the United Social States of America Emerge for generations.
They harp about it for just the reason we have been stating on this page.
They want to intimidate conservatives so they capitulate to their liberal terrorist supporting programs.
We won't fold or buy into their underhanded lying tactics.
The sad thing is that they treasure the tire marks on their bodies, and still venerate The One.
Amazing.
Uh oh, the moonbats aren’t going to like this.
Why are Jihadists given such a comfortable lifestyle at our expense?
Shouldn’t they have been executed on the battlefield?
I’ll be right back. I’m going out to buy a copy of the NY Times, because surely this is on the front page, above the fold, how Gitmo was humane all along...
Ooops! He just lost the most extreme element of his base.
In that case the report would have to be buried, and those associated with generating this report need to be discredited and disciplined since it goes against the “trooth”.
That BTW is not the most extreme element of Zero’s base - that IS Zero’s base!
This mess might have some entertainment value after all.
Popcorn!
Sometimes it’s wise to pick your battles.
Besides, they didn’t intimidate any conservatives. They intimidated Obama.
The mods took it out of breaking news.
Click the image to watch a 30-second slide show about Guantanamo Bay No less than the New York Times reports:
A Pentagon report requested by President Obama on the conditions at the Guantánamo Bay detention center concludes that the prison complies with the humanitarian requirements of the Geneva conventions, but it makes many recommendations for increasing human contact among the prisoners, according to two government officials who have read portions of it. ... The review, requested by President Obama [emphasis added mine] on the second day of his administration, is due to be delivered to the White House this weekend.Unsurprisingly, the Times editorialized in its news report and accused the current administration of ordering a report, with a predictable outcome, to further its political agenda:
The request, made as part of a plan to close the center within a year, was widely seen as an effort by the new administration to defuse the power of allegations during the Bush administration that there were widespread abuses at Guantánamo, and that many detainees were suffering severe psychological effects after years of isolation."Widely seen" by whom? The obvious answer is widely seen by the editors at the Times and al Qaeda's lawyers. Yet the hilarious part the Times saved for the end, one of those lawyers slamming President Barack Obama and Attorney General Eric Holder:
“This is really running the risk that the review is just a big whitewash,” [a lawyer for Guantánamo detainees at the Center for Constitutional Rights Gitanjali] Gutierrez added, “and we expect more of the new administration.”In law offices big and small across the nation, 500 lawyers must be hyperventilating into small brown paper bags.
It's always to pick your battles.
The rest of what I would post is entirely too gruesome even for me to consider. To say the least, I do not wish any of the MSM well.
...like conspiracies and rioting.
The only credible argument for closing Gitmo is that it would be more efficient to kill terrorists upon capture.
GW is laughing his ass off.
These socialist knew Gw was right. They just wanted to give him grief
on everything and they would not work with him at all.
Scum, all.
Crap, they won’t give a darn. They’ll still follow their MESS-iah.
They just can’t use that argument anymore.
Now 0bama has first hand proof of that. 0bama had better wise up: when you listen to Leftists, you will be lied to and manipulated.
Obama's fourth week in office;
Obama orderes an in-depth study of the prison camps to decipher whether the terrorists and alleged terrorists at Gitmo are properly treated and that U.S. troops are abiding by the Geneva Conventions. The report,shows that Gitmo “complies with the humanitarian requirements of the Geneva conventions” and that the prisoners are treated with dignity.
Obama states his opposition to the Fairness Doctrine while historically supporting the suppression of talk radio by FCC “Ownership Diversity”
The Environmental Protection Agency is expected to act for the first time to regulate carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases that scientists blame for the warming of the planet, according to top Obama administration officials. The decision would have a profound impact on transportation, manufacturing costs and how utilities generate power.
Obama Stimulus Saves Microsoft Billionaire Hundreds Of Millions
Chas W. Freeman Jr. former US Ambassador to Saudi Arabia is about to be named as Chairman of the National Intelligence Council. Freeman is noted for his belief that that ALL MUSLIM TERRORISM stems from Israel's battle with the Palestinians.
Obama’s Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood says he wants to consider taxing motorists based on how many miles they drive rather than how much gasoline they burn — an idea that has angered drivers in some (every) states where it has been proposed.
Obama's main advisor David Axelrod changes his goes back on Obama's position on the Fairness doctrine. He would not give definitive answer and left room for the Fairness Doctrine to be revisited.
Obama administration will participate in planning for a UN conference on racism dubbed "Durban II," despite concerns that the meeting will be used by Arab nations and others to demonize Israel.
The Obama administration pledges to the Palestinian Authority it will closely monitor Jewish construction in the West Bank and will protest any new housing developments in the biblical territory.
Obama wants to drop sanctions against the murderous military junta in Burma (Myanmar)
The Environmental Protection Agency says that it will consider whether to regulate greenhouse gas emissions from coal plants, in a potential reversal of Bush administration policy.
Lisa Jackson, the new E.P.A. administrator under Obama, has granted its petition that the agency reconsider a controversial decision in December by Stephen Johnson, the Bush administration’s E.P.A. administrator, stating that officials weighing federal applications by utilities to build new coal-fired power plants cannot consider their greenhouse gas output.
the White House is looking to install a small video or computer screen into the podium used by the president for press conferences and events in the White House. "It would make it easier for the communications guys to pass along information without being obvious about it," says the adviser.
Obama is disses the Brit's most famous and stalwart leader, Winston Churchill by returning the most famous bust of the man loaned to this country by the United Kingdom in the aftermath of 9//11
Obama has begun to indicate that he's willing to reconsider the Bush administration’s push to deploy a ballistic missile defense system, contrary to his repeated campaign promises to the contrary.
Liberal Heads to EXPLODE.
Wiggling out of that promise at a rapid rate.
How many broken promises does this make?
Does Code Pink know about this? I think it is time to let them know they may have elected a messiah, but he ain’t their messiah.
Did you post the above link to the FR bloggers forum?
It is a rallying point because bama and the DEMONS helped the rest of the world make it one. Now he is stuck with it.
I’m sure that traitor trash, Dick Durbin, will have a news conference soon to apologize to our troops for his slurs and slander. /s
LOL!
At least we have the satisfaction that---IF Obama moves them to the mainland---they may soon be whining to be put back at Gitmo. The libs would be horrified! That would warm my pea-pickin' heart!
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