Obama unlikely to close Guatanamo this term
Friday, March 11, 2011 at 4:40 am
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This week President Obama ordered the resumption of military trials for Guantanamo Bay detainees and the continued detention of prisoners who don’t have enough evidence against them to be charged or convicted, effectively breaking his campaign promise to close the facility after his first year in office. It’s a promise that several policy analysts and media outlets believe the president might never fulfill, at least not before 2013, when his first term expires.
PolitiFact, a project of the St. Petersburg Times that fact-checks political officials’ statements, this week went after Obama’s announcement that he is committed to closing Guantanamo “someday,” saying the president broke his promise and plans to close the detention center anytime soon is dismal.
From PolitFact:
After more than two years in office, the possibility of keeping this extremely difficult promise seems even more remote now than when his presidency began. Even the experts we spoke to who argue this promise is merely stalled instead of broken acknowledge that it’s unlikely Guantanamo will be closed by the end of Obama’s four-year term. We have decided to move this to Promise Broken.
Furthermore, legislation introduced in the Senate on Thursday would prohibit funds to transfer Gitmo prisoners, which suggests the facility will be preserved for at least the next few years, according to Reuters.
The BBC this week published video coverage on a glimpse inside Guantanamo Bay prison after BBC Washington correspondent Andrew North was permitted inside the detention center for an inside peek. According to the BBC, Gitmo currently holds approximately 170 detainees held without trial.
10 Comments
Comment posted March 12, 2011 @ 9:20 am
I suspect if Michele Bachmann and “The Family” have their way there will be school teachers, scientists and women’s health providers wearing those jump suits and hoods one day.
Praise Jebus, God hates democracy, Amen.
Comment posted March 12, 2011 @ 3:25 pm
Obama continues with Guantanamo. Obama lies again. Obama continues with his war crimes.
Michelle Bachmann gets mentioned.
Talk about hypocritical.
People are no longer being lied to. If you get lied to and you know it is a lie and pretend otherwise, then you are not being “played.” You are complicit.
Praise Jebus.
Democrats and Republicans both hate the truth. Amen.
Comment posted March 12, 2011 @ 9:52 pm
but obama got a nobel…
“Democrats and Republicans both hate the truth. Amen.”
amen & amen
Comment posted March 13, 2011 @ 7:17 pm
Uh Oh.
Voices of dissent against the rotten, corporate corrupted, pro-war one party with two wings start to gain in credibility and numbers.
Maybe the Minnesota “Independent” and the Uptake will do stories on that and/or give these critical voices of dissent a voice.
Praise Jebus.
Grin
Comment posted March 14, 2011 @ 8:29 am
Michael Cavlan RN: As I’ve stated before, please abide by our comment policies and keep your comments on topic.
Comment posted March 14, 2011 @ 11:18 am
Nothing’s ever good enough for Mr. Cavlan, who survives not on food and air but the nourishment of his own righteousness.
/s
Comment posted March 14, 2011 @ 1:16 pm
Funny that.
Carl is not being reminded to “stay on topic” with a none too subtle threat. So critical voices of dissent will not only not be given a voice. In fact folks will look around for excuses to shut these voices down. I have seen this happen soooo many times at “progressive” sites
Gene, would people like you have been so angered at my comments when I made the exact same sort of critique of the Bush Administration? Simple answer is no.
The issue here is not my “nourishment of his own righteousness” but instead the flaming hypocrisy of “progressives.” Not to mention their willingness to censor and marginalize dissenting voices. I am not nourished at this but stunned at this.
Just like it was not about Ralph Nader’s “ego” but the fact he was telling the truth.
Ouch, remember this. Whoever you may be.
The Democrats and Republicans. Where progressive politics goes to die. |
Praise Jebus. Amen.
Comment posted March 14, 2011 @ 1:34 pm
It’s not a subtle threat, Michael. If it is one, it’s overt, but really I’m just pointing out to you, again, our comment policies.
Comment posted March 14, 2011 @ 3:00 pm
If one person is detained without due process then one day you can be detained without due process.
The fact that laws are in place that does not allow us to close the facility disgusts me.
If there is not enough evidence to prove them guilty how can you say they are so dangerous. Is it a SWAG? Sophisticated wild ass guess.
Of course I do not promote terrorism but you still have to maintain your laws lest the neighborhood boys smoking a little weed are arrested for terrorising the community for toilet papering the principals yard.
To make it sound like these terrrorists are more than your average nut job with a weapon makes me wonder about the culture I live in.
Comment posted March 14, 2011 @ 3:33 pm
Paul V
So do I.
For the record, I have seen suppression of dissenting voices on the DEMOCRATS naked, open complicity is this on Common Dreams, Op Ed News, Daily KOS, Huffington Post, e-”democracy” Minneapolis and e-”democracy” Minnesota. God alone knows where else it has happened. All of these “progressive” sites have and still are doing it.
They all do it the same way. They find some rule, apply it ONLY to dissenting voices while ignoring those who support the corporate pseudo-democracy. Then they squelch and censor the dissenting voices. I have watched this happen so many times it makes my head spin. This suppression of dissent is simply an indication of the character and undemocratic nature of these people and groups.
Of course this does not change the reality that many people are waking up to the corporate regime that runs this country. I meet them everywhere.
Even as they have no-one (yet) to verbalize their discontent.
Oh quick, look. Michelle Bachmann.
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