Executive Order Being Prepped: PEBO to Close Gitmo

CAn I ask this. What are we planning to do with the prisoners whose countries don't even want them back? I am confused here. Hopefully not in my state or even near.

"Obama has already raised America's standing in the world by being elected president. We now have billions of people on our side who hated and despised Bush and his criminal gang. We are already safer because of that fact."

Yeah! Imagine how high our standing will be when we release known terrorists! Oh boy.

Wow! everyone is going to be so impressed when we give them back their weapons and drop them back off wherever they need to go. Or they could crash here for a while and get some wheatgrass smoothies.

Maybe some of them can go on the View or catch Spamalot so they can get a better opinion of our culture. That will be totally great! If we can get the Jonas Brothers to grow beards then everyone can let the healing begin!

Joe Have you looked around you lately, Bush has screwed up just about everything.
---------------------------------
Jim Bob,

Your boys gutted the CIA and never took down Osama when handed on a silver platter. Several incidents and 9/11 later, Bush stands up with the Military and takes down the Taliban.

Your think would enable even more 9/11's. Go back to liberal land and dream of a world without islamic terrorism - say hello to Clinton and Obama while you are there.

If so many people in his own country disliked Bush so intensely, imagine how people in other countries felt.

In a few short days, the United States will be in better standing than it's been since Bush squandered and abused the good will people felt towards the States on 9/11. Such arrogance he put out.

What Executive order is Obama signing in his first 100 days to keep Americans safe from Savage Foreign Terrorists?

Obama has already raised America's standing in the world by being elected president. We now have billions of people on our side who hated and despised Bush and his criminal gang. We are already safer because of that fact.

Obama needs to go one step further. Close Guantanamo Naval Base entirely. This anachronism left over from the Spanish America War is a blotch on our foreign policy and our image throughout the world. To maintain a military base on sovereign foreign soil, in a country that obviously doesn't want us there, and in a location just 90 miles from our own land and therefore of no strategic value is ludicrous.
It is just a continual slap in the face to the Cuban people and their legitimate government (whether we like it or not), and all dates back to JFK and the fact that Castro kicked the mob out of Cuba when he took control. Get over it. Recognize Cuba, grant full relations, both trade and diplomatic with them, and get on with life. Not everybody wants to be our buddy or to adopt our government or our way of life. So what?

Joe Have you looked around you lately, Bush has screwed up just about everything. He has cost us 4000 lives and trillions of dollars, bankupted our nation on a war we never should of been in. In Afganastan were we should be we're losing ground. He couldn't even get binladen who is laughing his @ss off at us. And he kept us safe? ight no one got killed in the US. but what about the 4000 Americans who were killed in Iraq. What about the 30,000 who are disabled, no legs, no arms, no brain. No, Bush screwed us. Not intentionally. It's just that he's an arrogant idiot. May be the worst pres ever. EVER!!!!

That's what we get for taking prisoners. You have to know in these politically correct times, the minute you put these terrorists in a detention camp the wheels start turning on how it's unconstitutional and they must be let go. Like the cop who arrests the same guy for the same thing 5 times in a year. Maybe we should just settle it on the battlefield. Take No Prisoners!!

Coming to a neighborhood near you soon! I feel so bad for those poor-poor terrorists, don’t you?

SuzyTheLiberal,

You say that Obama is really smart and will be able to tell which ones are Terrorists...

I completely agree with you, he and Michelle spent over 10 years with Ayers and Dhorn and REALLY know what a terrorist looks like.

LMAO!

They are not really going to let these guys go, They are only moving them somewhere else outside the US. Obama's crew has already said as much. Possibly Austraillia????

Jim Bob said: Excellent! Time to start cleaning up the mess our village idiot, Bush created.
-------------------------------

This village idiot kept us safe for 8 years and cleaned up the intelligence mess created by Clinton. He went after the terrorists whereas CLinton did nothing even when Sudan handed Osama do him on a silver platter. Now, we are back to square 1.

To Suzy the Liberal:

So I guess you won't mind it if these "non terrorists" were to be placed next door to you. You could bring them hot chocolate and cookies to make them feel better.

Obviously civics is no longer being taught in school.

First, The US has the right under the constitution to prosecute anyone in the world for crimes against the United States.

Second, The world courts have all consistantly ruled that war crimes can be tried by the country against which the crimes were committed.

Furthermore the concept of Universal Jurisdiction states that war crimes in particular can be prosecuted by any nation state.

The International Criminal Court routinely handles war crimes for the world (some notable exceptions are Nuremburg, Rwanda and Yugoslavia which are seperate tribunals) The United States however is not a signatory to the ICC and therefore has not given up it's jurisdiction over War Crimes to the ICC.

George Bush established the Universal Jurisdiction over terrorists (and he literally unsigned us from the ICC treaty) which gives the US the right to prosecute Terrorists.

Gitmo was used because it kept them off American Soil. Once on American Soil, Terrorists would gain access to our Federal Court system, and would eb granted many more rights than those in a War Tribunal would.

PEBO closing Gitmo is an honorable thing (on the surface) but like most things promised by PEBO, it is not easily done, nor will it work how he wants.

The minute he agrees that Gitmo is a travesty of Justice (which is about what he said) as President, then those in Gitmo can appeal to the US courts that they were subjected to cruel and unusual punishment, and they may win freedom. It is a can of worms that PEBO might want to avoid.

Excellent! Time to start cleaning up the mess our village idiot, Bush created.

Obama thinks we need to go back to when Clinton was in office - a "softer", "gentler" time when we allowed attacks on America - Trade Center 1, USS Cole, African Emabassy, and Trade Center 2 (terrorists were in this country and the CIA was gutted under Clinton's watch).

With Panetta in the CIA, Obama will again gut our intelligence agency - just like Clinton - and will not go after terrorists. He just wants to get re-elected. Deja Vu.

Neocons,

Quit making Obama look stupid. We all know that the so-called "terrorists" in Gitmo are simply normal people who are being racially profiled by the Cheney Administration. Let them go - now!

Bring them back to the Good Old USA!

Who is going to take them??

NY City? Washington, DC?

Maybe they can be Taxi drivers.

What you say? Who is going to take them?
Don't everyone speak at once.

I'm sorry I voted for obama