Obama learns the obvious: no one wants to take the Gitmo detainees.
President Barack Obama is now confirming what many have long suspected: He will miss his January deadline to close the Guantanamo prison — partly because he cannot persuade other nations to take the detainees.
Prisoners like Walid Abu Hijazi. The 29-year-old Palestinian is nearing his eighth year at Guantanamo even though the U.S. approved his release in February 2008. No one else has been willing to allow him, or dozens of others, into their territory.
Well, duh! If we don’t want them, why would they?
That anyone is surprised by this is pretty laughable:
The slow pace of transfers has surprised many lawyers and Guantanamo critics who expected a warmer diplomatic response to Obama’s announced intent to overhaul the Bush detention policy, which drew much criticism around the globe.
So, the nations didn’t bow down to Obama and jump to take on the risk and expense of these prisoners even though he’s not Bush? You mean it wasn’t about torture after all? Shocking!
I guess it’s time the left learn that you can’t always get what you want even though you elected a politician who said he could get it done. Evidently, he didn’t know what the heck he was talking about.
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posted November 20, 2009 at 12:13 pm
another hotair echo from you? no surprise there.
what’s laughable is the right-wings reaction to these detainees. you’re a bunch of little spineless, quivering babies.
it’s also insulting. you don’t trust that our military can maintain control of the detainees here. remember when the right-wingers pretended to be such supporters and defenders of our military? what a load of crap that was. now, for political reasons again, they turn their backs on the troops and the military leaders who oppose torture and who want guantanamo closed.
it’s also revealing. i don’t believe that the right is really concerned of anything that they say would happen (doomsday scenarios) if guantanamo detainees were brought here. this is just another case of opposing obama at every turn. it’s a political thing, not a national security thing.
“I guess it’s time the left learn that you can’t always get what you want even though you elected a politician who said he could get it done.”
keep dreaming, sister. because it’s not on track to be closed by the end of the year does not mean that either your nutty analysis, or nuttier conclusion is correct.
“Well, duh! If we don’t want them, why would they?”
you’re so wrong. the people of stanford, michigan lobbied to have the detainees brought to their town. saudi arabia took more than 100 guantanamo detainees. chad has taken some. bermuda has taken some. iraq has taken some. more than 30 countries have taken some.
“You mean it wasn’t about torture after all?”
don’t be dense. of course it was about torture. maybe secretary gates should release the remaining (and much worse) photos of the tortures that went on there. maybe then you will remember the sentiment here and around the world with respect to torture.
china wanted muslim uyghurs from guantanamo to be brought back to their own prisons. the reason why we refused their request is because we’re sure they would be tortured.
posted November 20, 2009 at 5:15 pm
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posted November 20, 2009 at 9:58 pm
Once again you’re being snarky. And simplistic. And you’re not accurate. Many communities are open to detainees in their secure undre-utilized prisons– to their economic benefit as well. America has successully incarcerated any number of horrible people. Why are you selling America short? Better yet. why do you hate America?