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| Obama administration not pursuing executive order to shut Gitmo |
| 2016-06-14 |
| The Obama administration is not pursuing the use of an executive order to shutter the Guantanamo Bay military prison after officials concluded that it would not be a viable strategy, sources familiar with the deliberations said. The conclusion, reached by administration officials, narrows the already slim chances that President Barack Obama can fulfill his pledge to close the notorious offshore prison before leaving office in January. The White House has said repeatedly that Obama has not ruled out any options on the Guantanamo center, which has been used to house terrorism suspects since it was set up in 2001 following the Sept. 11 attacks on New York and Washington. Obama is eager to fulfill his |
| Posted by:Steve White |
| #7 Seems to me only Congress could approve of shutting down and handing over a military base. |
| Posted by: gorb 2016-06-14 12:32 |
| #6 He could close Gitmo in a heartbeat. Just hold drumhead court-martials for the inmates. For those convicted of being illegal combatants, a firing squad. End of problem. All legal under the Geneva Conventions. |
| Posted by: Rambler in Virginia 2016-06-14 10:50 |
| #5 A couple of rants: 1. The real story is - Obama continues to deny Justice for the families of the 9/11 victims. Move the Judge, defense and prosecutors down there and make them stay until the 9/11 trial is complete. 2. Establish a location to detain, interrogate, and prosecute captured terrorists. Detainee terrorists = actionable intel = additional targets. 3. Prosecute the detainees once intel collection is complete...whether it be in Federal Court, Commissions, or a host nation. Lawfare, warfare...I don't care - lets just get it done. |
| Posted by: Tennessee 2016-06-14 10:21 |
| #4 Like his predecessors, starting with Bush I, were any better? |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2016-06-14 09:10 |
| #3 Chaos Theory: In Chaos Theory, the “butterfly effect” is the name given to the sensitive connection between initial conditions in which an insignificant event in one state in non-linear systems, can result in sometimes catastrophic events in the universal state. In other words, although unlikely, it is possible for a butterfly flapping its wings in Texas to cause a typhoon in the Japanese Sea. Case in point, in mid-20th Century America, a loose 18-year-old hippie female in a Honolulu college had sex with an older, alcoholic Kenyan man on a student visa, who had a wife and child back in Africa. And this less than significant event started the collapse and dissolution of the United States of America. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2016-06-14 03:44 |
| #2 Whats so notorious about GITMO - the DemoLefties are angry because the GOP-Right had done the right thing + refuse to let any Hard/Bad Boyz run loose in America or Amerika. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2016-06-14 01:27 |
| #1 D *** NG IT, HE SAID HE WANTS IT CLOSED DOWN! |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2016-06-14 01:24 |