Human rights activists turn up the heat on Obama regarding Guantanamo Bay

[DaTruth]

Obama blames everyone else and admits he is weak.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/...DsP_story.html

[Cannon Shell]

These people protest Gitmo till they want to move the prisoners to their neck of the woods. Then they protest that. I just find it hard to believe that well meaning people dont throw their money or energy towards more deserving issues.

[Danzig]

i don't know why they're after obama-did they really believe him when he said he'd close it? probably. i called bullshit when he said he was going to shut it down; that his naivete was showing. that once he got in there and found out everything he'd change his tune.
if it's a war, they're enemy combatants. they can be held til the war's over, just like with other wars in the past. it's not pretty-that's why they call it war.

[Cannon Shell]

Originally Posted by Danzig

i don't know why they're after obama-did they really believe him when he said he'd close it? probably. i called bullshit when he said he was going to shut it down; that his naivete was showing. that once he got in there and found out everything he'd change his tune.
if it's a war, they're enemy combatants. they can be held til the war's over, just like with other wars in the past. it's not pretty-that's why they call it war.

Question number 1 after you say you want to shut it down is what are you going to do with them? That question still doesnt have a good answer.

[Danzig]

Originally Posted by Cannon Shell

Question number 1 after you say you want to shut it down is what are you going to do with them? That question still doesnt have a good answer.

yeah, i don't think he ever thought that through either. but neither did his audience. nor did they consider just what people they were keeping locked up either. wasn't exactly a group of petty criminals.

i guess when people are looking through rose-colored glasses, their hearing and reasoning skills go by the wayside as well.

[Cannon Shell]

Originally Posted by Danzig

yeah, i don't think he ever thought that through either. but neither did his audience. nor did they consider just what people they were keeping locked up either. wasn't exactly a group of petty criminals.

i guess when people are looking through rose-colored glasses, their hearing and reasoning skills go by the wayside as well.

I dont think Obama ever intended to close Guantanamo Bay. It is one of those campaign promises that sounds great for your base but the reality is very few people are going to hold it against you if you break the promise because it doesnt really affect voters in any real manner.

[Rileyoriley]

Originally Posted by Cannon Shell

These people protest Gitmo till they want to move the prisoners to their neck of the woods. Then they protest that. I just find it hard to believe that well meaning people dont throw their money or energy towards more deserving issues.

Amherst, Massachusetts-they voted to adopt 2 Gitmo detainees after Obama was elected. And they wonder why they are a joke even in Massachusetts.