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2015-12-15 Home Front: WoT

Obama Defends Gitmo Closure as Detainees Return to Fight

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Posted by trailing wife 2015-12-15 11:51|| || Front Page|| [10 views ] Top

#1 Could someone please tell me WHAT strategic gains there are from closing Gitmo?

Maybe there are DNC election strategic gains but I doubt even that.

Posted by AlanC 2015-12-15 13:18|| 2015-12-15 13:18|| Front Page Top

#2 Obama said the strategic benefits of closing the notorious facility outweighed incidents of recidivism

Fantastic country club and yacht harbor property with airstrip and weekend housing? I'm watching for it to hit the BRAC list.

Posted by Skidmark 2015-12-15 14:17|| 2015-12-15 14:17|| Front Page Top

#3 Should have been closed years ago and the prisoners returned to where they came from - released at 30,000' to find there way home.

Posted by Glenmore 2015-12-15 15:52|| 2015-12-15 15:52|| Front Page Top

#4 Happy birthday!

"I'll cry if I want to," sobbed Nero.
"I used to be saboteurs' hero
But can't hold a candle
To newfangled vandals,
Your skilled fiddlefarters like Zero."

Posted by Zenobia Floger6220 2015-12-15 23:24|| 2015-12-15 23:24|| Front Page Top

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