GOP Pushback Mounts on Gitmo

This makes me concerned about what President Obama's reaction will be if there's a major terrorist attack on us while he's in office...and sadly, I think the word "if" is overly optimistic.

Give the terrorists to Murtha.

I hope they put the Gitmo terrorist in NY,NY or Washington DC. Those people deserve the company.

Good to see that at least a few of our federal employees are still interested in protecting the country against the terrorists who want us all dead.

I am sure Bush would have closed the base within a year also, problem is he still has to DEAL with the detainees and it gives him a year to figure that out.

This is just part of his dog and pony show and shows he is learning things are a little more complicated in the real world.

So the Republicans don't want to be prosecuted for their support of Bush's illegal and inhumane torture? What else is new. These so called "compassionate conservatives" have been so criminally invoved for the past 8 years and won't even man up to their transgressions against mankind. What slimes GOPs can be. I hope they're out of office for many, many years to come.

NBC calls white americans, rednecks and bigots.

nbc calls rednecks and bigots,rednecks and bigots...

Seriously, does moving these guys inside our borders REALLY damage our security?

You know, that sounds an awful lot like scare tactics to me. The same sort of old fashioned politics the GOP has used forever. Exactly the same kind of "the sky is falling" rhetoric that voters soundly rejected in November.

If closing that blight, the Gitmo Prison, and moving those prisoners onto US soil is really going to be such a security problem then I want the money back. I want the money back I and other taxpayers have paid for the Department of Homeland Security. I want the money back that we have spent building new prisons so we can incarcerate more people than any other nation. I want the money back we have spent beefing up border security and building a police state to "protect" us.

And while you are at it, I want liberty, freedom and AMERICA back, too.

--Give Me Liberty Or I'll Get Up And Take It Myself--

Remember the prisoners at Gitmo are not terrorist, they are only SUSPECTS. Many are probably dangerous but a large number are innocent. They need military tribunals to strike a balance between liberty and security.

"Those who would sacrifice liberty for safety deserve neither."

What else can the GOP do? They are out of power and without a following. They lead nothing, and convince no one. The public wants this thing closed. The public wants the Rule of Law. The public wants Obama to succeed. The GOP?

We could send them all to Texas. Afterall, Bush lives there and he created the problem. Besides, Texas likes executing prisoners.

The question is where do you put them. No senator is going to allow them to be put in "their" state. So what do we do? I am not "pro" Gitmo, Just wonder how this will come out.

Regardless of the statistics of what former detainees have done in the past, do we have the legal standing to hold anyone we think might be a terrorist PERMANENTLY with no hope of trial or release? Are we that desperate as a nation? Are we that sure of ourselves? Has anyone in the GOP addressed the cost of keeping Gitmo open? I'm not talking maybes, I'm talking cold hard cash. Don't tell me the cost of closing it is "our security as a nation" that's hogwash. Take the money we're spending at Gitmo and shore up the military. Bring the military home and have them in ready-mode to strike at a known threat when it's a known threat. That's what the Israeli armed forces do.

Gitmo has always made me uncomfortable - it's just an easy way for the US government to avoid giving these terrorists rights to a fair and speedy trial and an easy way to allow torture. But at the same time, bringing these terrorists to the US makes me even more uncomfortable - once on US soil - they are afforded constitutional rights. I live in an area with lots of maximum security prisons and sure hope these guys aren't transfered here. Careful as prisons are, escapes happen. These are guys who planned 9-11, I'm sure pulling off a prison escape would be a piece of cake for them.

What a slap in the face to our soldiers, to imply they cannot manage a prison on a military base. The Republicans blow it again with their stupid innuendo. Insult our troops and infer terrorists will be put in halfway houses next to playgrounds. Showing their true clown colors.

We should not question Obama's judgment. Moves like this one - closing Guantanamo Bay - is the reason why we the majority, elected him. Freedom and justice is a wonderful thing!

The protections that have served us well under the Bush administration should be continued. Obama would rather appease his liberal supporters than to protect America.

If Obama removes these protections and we are attacked again he should never be forgiven.

Acually, Thinking, you are not correct according to a poll conducted by CBS more than 48% of the publics wants Gitmo to stay open with only 40% agreeing with Obama to close it. Let's see how the public responds now that Obama has made this decision to close it.

I kind of like the idea of bringing them to US prisons. I predict that our problem will be solved by American inmates. Terrorists may prefer Gitmo justice over what they'll encounter here.