Obama Says He Should Have Closed Guantanamo On His First Day

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Star Member Purveyor (22,530 posts)

Obama Says He Should Have Closed Guantanamo On His First Day


Source: Associated Press

The Associated Press
03/18/2015 8:03 PM

CLEVELAND--President Barack Obama says if he could start his presidency over, he would have closed the Guantanamo Bay prison his first day.

Instead, the president ordered the detention center for terrorism suspects closed within a year. He says the politics around closure grew increasingly tough and "people got scared by the rhetoric."

He said Wednesday that "the path of least resistance was just to leave it open." He's been able to cut the population down to 122 detainees, but Congress has blocked closure.

Lawmakers have banned the Obama administration from bringing detainees to the United States for imprisonment or trial.


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WorseBeforeBetter (10,657 posts)
3. He must have ODS.

Magic wand! Dictator! Civics, you dummies!

Oh, I would so love to trip down DU's memory lane from early in his Admin re: this very subject, but bed beckons...

Ouch...

Star Member jeff47 (15,424 posts)
53. Without the talk, you don't win elections.

The entire point of a proposal like free community college is to draw a distinction between Republicans and Democrats. No, it won't pass this Congress. But it gives a reason for people to actually vote for Democrats.

The party has to actually show voters what they believe in for those voters to turn out. Only talking about proposals that can pass is why we lose - it means we're only talking about the right-most policies in the Democratic party.

Duh. This thread is on fire.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10141043192

[Carl]

Star Member jeff47 (15,424 posts)
53. Without the talk, you don't win elections.

The entire point of a proposal like free community college is to draw a distinction between Republicans and Democrats. No, it won't pass this Congress. But it gives a reason for people to actually vote for Democrats.

The party has to actually show voters what they believe in for those voters to turn out. Only talking about proposals that can pass is why we lose - it means we're only talking about the right-most policies in the Democratic party.

The only way you ****ers can win is to lie and promise handouts. 

[JohnnyReb]

Should have shot all the prisoners the first day.....or the last day of Bush because most of those that have been released went right back to jihad.

[thundley4]

I still think if Obama can close Gitmo before he leaves office, then he will try to give the base back to Cuba. I don't trust the f**ker.

[GOBUCKS]

Should have shot all the prisoners the first day.....or the last day of Bush because most of those that have been released went right back to jihad.

That's why Guantanamo was the stupidest idea of the whole war.

They should have squeezed every drop of info out of those animals while still over in Outer Shitistan, and then let their rival muzzies dispatch them.

The idea of "rehabilitating" a muzzie is comical, so you're faced with the alternative of holding them for the duration of the war, which will be forever.

[I_B_Perky]

I seem to recall he tried to do exactly that and the dem controlled senate went ape shit.

[ChuckJ]

Star Member jeff47 (15,424 posts)
53. Without the talk, you don't win elections.

The entire point of a proposal like free community college is to draw a distinction between Republicans and Democrats. No, it won't pass this Congress. But it gives a reason for people to actually vote for Democrats.

Free shit.

The party has to actually show voters what they believe in for those voters to turn out.

Free shit.

Only talking about proposals that can pass is why we lose - it means we're only talking about the right-most policies in the Democratic party.

Not free shit.

[docstew]

That's why Guantanamo was the stupidest idea of the whole war.

They should have squeezed every drop of info out of those animals while still over in Outer Shitistan, and then let their rival muzzies dispatch them.

The idea of "rehabilitating" a muzzie is comical, so you're faced with the alternative of holding them for the duration of the war, which will be forever.

Why let their rivals have all the fun? The US would be completely legal by summarily executing anyone fighting them on the battlefield while not in uniform as a spy under the Geneva Convention.

[landofconfusion80]

Why let their rivals have all the fun? The US would be completely legal by summarily executing anyone fighting them on the battlefield while not in uniform as a spy under the Geneva Convention.

Have an uncle that served in Vietnam.  They took a couple of vietcong to a huey, put them on blindfolded and proceeded to turn the power all the way up while never leaving the ground.  Being blindfolded, they couldn't tell how high up they were.  The soldier that was believed to not know anything was then pushed out of the huey, screaming for his life.  The second one started talking in a hurry.  The same thing would've worked in Afghanistan

[BlueStateSaint]

Have an uncle that served in Vietnam.  They took a couple of vietcong to a huey, put them on blindfolded and proceeded to turn the power all the way up while never leaving the ground.  Being blindfolded, they couldn't tell how high up they were.  The soldier that was believed to not know anything was then pushed out of the huey, screaming for his life.  The second one started talking in a hurry.  The same thing would've worked in Afghanistan

Yeah, the prospect of a 'Free Flying Lesson' tends to do that to scumbags.

[obumazombie]

Yeah, the prospect of a 'Free Flying Lesson' tends to do that to scumbags.

They might not fly, but at least they'll fall with style.

[BlueStateSaint]

They might not fly, but at least they'll fall with style.

They have 'the rest of their lives' to learn to fly . . .

[JohnnyReb]

They have 'the rest of their lives' to learn to fly . . .

Will the slow learners be given higher level classes.