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2015-11-16 Home Front: WoT

Right On Time: Obama Releases 5 Gitmo Detainees to UAE

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Posted by Frank G 2015-11-16 00:00|| || Front Page|| [6 views ] Top

#1 Any bets Champ closes Gitmo before he leaves office? How many are left, I wonder?

Do you suppose the NYT author has any idea that most Prisoners of War are not charged with crimes?

Or that they would care, if they did know?

Posted by Bobby 2015-11-16 07:39|| 2015-11-16 07:39|| Front Page Top

#2 I'd say he's a traitor: putting campaign promises and Legacy™ ahead of American safety

Posted by Frank G 2015-11-16 08:50|| 2015-11-16 08:50|| Front Page Top

#3 There just over 100 jihadis left at gitmo

Posted by Airandee 2015-11-16 08:52|| 2015-11-16 08:52|| Front Page Top

#4 He is speaking before the G-20 right now. He is a pathetic embarrassment and a very dangerous man.

Posted by JohnQC 2015-11-16 10:45|| 2015-11-16 10:45|| Front Page Top

#5 107 - it's in the story

Posted by Frank G 2015-11-16 10:50|| 2015-11-16 10:50|| Front Page Top

#6 By the end of the article, they referred to him as Mr Obama..."Congress voted to tighten those standards as part of the annual National Defense Authorization Act, which Mr. Obama is expected to sign this month."

Posted by Flineting Hatrack3197 2015-11-16 15:03|| 2015-11-16 15:03|| Front Page Top

#7 By the end of the article, they referred to him as Mr Obama.

NYT Style Guide specifically prohibits referring to POTUS as "that feckless sumbitch".

Posted by SteveS 2015-11-16 15:09|| 2015-11-16 15:09|| Front Page Top

#8 Bobby, he'll not only close it, he'll give it to the Cubans.

Posted by AlanC 2015-11-16 16:46|| 2015-11-16 16:46|| Front Page Top

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