Executive Reality
So President Obama has lived up to his promise to sign the executive order to close the prison at Guantanamo Bay. Now comes the debate on where the 200 plus prisoners that are being held there. Mentioned as potential relocation sites are Camp Pendleton California and Fort Leavenworth Kansas. There are a couple of problems with those ideas though. The first reality is that both Pendleton and Leavenworth would have to be retrofitted to adapt to the cultural needs of the prisoners. That means lots of time and money. The goal of having it closed in one year will not be met. You can bet on that.
The other problem is that neither the Democratic Governor of Kansas (who helped campaign on the close Gitmo issue) nor elected representatives from both parties in California want the Gitmo detainees in their states! That is because they understand what the Obama Administration and it's backers refuse to understand....that the people that are being held at Gitmo are dangerous and they want to kill as many Americans as possible.
And thus Hope and Change (TM) runs headlong into reality. Only time will tell what will come of it
The other problem is that neither the Democratic Governor of Kansas (who helped campaign on the close Gitmo issue) nor elected representatives from both parties in California want the Gitmo detainees in their states! That is because they understand what the Obama Administration and it's backers refuse to understand....that the people that are being held at Gitmo are dangerous and they want to kill as many Americans as possible.
And thus Hope and Change (TM) runs headlong into reality. Only time will tell what will come of it
Labels: Hope And Change vs Reality
posted by The Lady Logician at
9:47 AM
1 Comments:
The fear-mongering campaign is well underway. Any federal prison can hold these detainees, with no problem at all.
If I were President Obama, I would explain to anybody who will listen that the travesties of justice at Guantanamo are more damaging to our national interest than any terrorist attack.
It's time to put up or shut up. If a so-called "dangerous" Guantanamo detainee can be brought to trial in federal court, where many terrorists have already been convicted, then do it.
If you have a guy in Guantanamo and there is no credible evidence against him, then set him free with a public apology and compensation for years of torture, beatings and abuse.
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