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By: Obama’s plan to close Gitmo hits a slight snag « The Daley Gator

Obama’s plan to close Gitmo hits a slight snag « The Daley Gator — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 00:05:03 +0000

[...] or pay Yemen to take them knowing Yemen, a hot bed for Al Qaeada activity, likely will not even watch them! Hey, I know, Team Obama can just dial up plan B, oh, yeah, they do not have one of those! Of [...]

By: Hot Air » Blog Archive » Second look at Gitmo?

Hot Air » Blog Archive » Second look at Gitmo? — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 22:14:53 +0000

[...] in return, they won’t even promise to keep an eye on them. Yemen has already proven itself a revolving door for al-Qaeda terrorists released into their custody. Now they want us to pay for the grease on [...]

By: Always To The Right

Always To The Right — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 22:52:09 +0000

Revolving Door For Terrorists…

Yemen shows why we need Gitmo
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By: NoDonkey

NoDonkey — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 19:37:30 +0000

This is exactly why I left DC.

I didn’t relish residing in target central, especially when those in charge of keeping these guys out are geriatric hippies like that dope Pelosi or community organizers like the trainee in the White House.

By: thuja

thuja — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 17:24:52 +0000

I had a friend who was an editor for the New York Times World section. He died this past December. I’ll always remember when I went to visit him in Paris, a conversation we had about the prisoners in Gitmo. He claimed that the people in Gitmo were innocents randomly picked up by the United States in Afghanistan. I told him that it is just crazy to believe that Bush and company would spend so much effort without good reason. The conversation ended in anger. I never had much respect for NYT reporting after that.

I’m sure that my friend was replaced at the NYT with someone with the same set of biases. And thus we know how the MSM will not report these facts.

By: Yemen shows why we need Gitmo — But As For Me

Yemen shows why we need Gitmo — But As For Me — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 17:16:09 +0000

[...] President Obama plans to close the detention center at Guantanamo Bay and return most of the inmates to their countries of origin. That idea took a blow last month when a former Gitmo detainee took over the #2 spot in AQ’s Yemeni network. Now he has 170 potential new recruits — or shall we call them re-recruits? [...] Read the rest » [...]

By: Disturb the Universe

Disturb the Universe — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 17:12:26 +0000

Gitmo prisoners released…A.Q. Khan released…what could possibly go wrong?

By: Disturb the Universe

Disturb the Universe — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 17:09:54 +0000

At what point does the American public wake up and realize that the nation is less safe with the filthy bastard in the White House and the Democrats in charge of Congress? Seriously. I wasn’t happy with everything that GWB did but the inexperience and world view of the filthy bastard and Democrats scares me. highhopes on February 9, 2009 at 9:43 AM

America is a ~~sleeping~~ narcoleptic giant.

By: jmarcure

jmarcure — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 17:09:45 +0000

It’s not terrorism if used against the USA, Europe, Israel Afghanistan, Iraq, only if used against Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Lebanon, pfakistinians, Lebanon, Egypt and/or Iran.
Funny how that works out great for most terrorists.

eaglewingz08 on February 9, 2009 at 11:24 AM

That is simply not true. It is only terrorism if it is the USA. All others are just being cultural.

By: jmarcure

jmarcure — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 17:08:06 +0000

[1440 days to go...gonna be a bumpy ride.]

coldwarrior on February 9, 2009 at 11:21 AM

Dream on.
He is in for life.
I for one welcome our new BO overlord and his blinky sidekick.

They have it all and will never ever let it go.

By: Sergeant Tim

Sergeant Tim — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 16:34:14 +0000

Hey Ed, lighten up. Yemen released one of OBL's "driver" a few weeks back; he's still motoring around those parts looking for a place to blow up. (FYI to anyone who buys the bull "he did not know or support his employer’s goals": Hamadan was the slub who personally brought Osama bin Laden the "good news" about al Qaeda's successful bombings of our two embassies. If I've defamed his character, Hamdan is now free to sue me.)

By: eaglewingz08

eaglewingz08 — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 16:24:37 +0000

It’s not terrorism if used against the USA, Europe, Israel Afghanistan, Iraq, only if used against Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Lebanon, pfakistinians, Lebanon, Egypt and/or Iran.
Funny how that works out great for most terrorists.

By: dmann

dmann — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 16:24:10 +0000

To the Muslim world, we seek a new way forward, based on mutual interest and mutual respect

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President Barack Hussein Obama 1/20/09

By: coldwarrior

coldwarrior — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 16:21:02 +0000

If this keeps up, Obama will have to give another speech.

notagool on February 9, 2009 at 11:14 AM

And we all know how a few stern words will change the hearts and minds of those who seek to destroy us.

Over the past 20 days, the length of the Obama Administration thus far, have you noticed how Obama is using far more strident language against conservatives here in the U.S., while saying the nicest things, or nothing at all, to the real enemies of America and the West?

[1440 days to go...gonna be a bumpy ride.]

By: Trent1289

Trent1289 — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 16:18:40 +0000

i’m no fan of torture, so I’m okay with that EO, but it’s just plain idiotic to close Guantanamo Bay. The One can extend due process and what not to terrorists quite well from there.
The problem is he’s worried about the optics, the “symbolism” of it all. “Bad things happened here once, so we can’t stay.”

By: notagool

notagool — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 16:14:45 +0000

20 days into the dorm-boys administration and the most dangerous nuclear scientist in the world is back on the streets, Russia is rattling its sabers, charges have been dropped against the mastermind of the Cole attack, Gitmo is closing, Gitmos terrorist are lawyering up and about to go on the American dole, and now 170 terrorists are back on the streets.

If this keeps up, Obama will have to give another speech.

By: drflykilla

drflykilla — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 15:54:09 +0000

”Do you, Abdul, promise never to engage in terrorist activities against the Great Satan?”

”I do, so help me Allah.”(fingers crossed).

By: the_nile

the_nile — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 15:49:06 +0000

“In early 2005, four white wind turbines began operating John Paul Jones Hill, the base’s highest point, named after the Revolutionary War naval hero. The turbines, standing at 80 meters (262 feet) high, feature three-blade turbines. The four turbines were estimated to provide as much as a quarter of the base’s power generation during the high-wind months of late summer and fall; an appreciable fact given that Guantanamo Bay is completely self-sustaining, generating its own power and water without having to rely on Cuban municipal sources. In addition to generating power, the turbines have significantly cut down on emissions of greenhouse gases created through burning diesel fuel. Black clouds containing carbon dioxide can routinely be seen pouring from the diesel generators supplying power to the base’s energy grid. Each turbine is anchored in a giant block of concrete, through which 22 soil anchors are drilled into the mountain to a depth of 30 to 40 feet deep. These are then sealed with grout. The automated turbines are rated to withstand winds of up to 140 miles per hour. ”

Gitmo looks like the future..

http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/facility/guantanamo-bay.htm

By: Tim Burton

Tim Burton — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 15:47:53 +0000

How much longer of this Crap do we have to wade through?

By: Bruno Strozek

Bruno Strozek — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 15:40:03 +0000

Once Obama’s weak policies lead to a mass slaughter of Americans on US soil, I suspect there won’t be much patience for a luxurious detention facility, or keeping vicious terrorists alive in them.

bonnie_ on February 9, 2009 at 10:09 AM

I’m not so sure about this anymore. Can’t shake the nagging feeling that we are firmly back in a 9/10 mindset and that the majority of our fellow citizens just want to be done with the whole “war & terrorism thing”.

Maybe it’s just Monday blues, but I have the sinking feeling that if we get hit hard again there will be a collective groan and call to throw in the towel.

By: rbj

rbj — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 15:39:01 +0000

Feed them to the sea kittens. Or are you against sea kittens?

By: Jules Crittenden » Dire Report

Jules Crittenden » Dire Report — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 15:36:24 +0000

[...] Different theater, same war, Hot Air: Yemen shows why we need Gitmo. [...]

By: rocketman

rocketman — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 15:35:04 +0000

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It was sad to see the good Black lady who lost a brave Navy son in the U.S.S. Cole bombing wake up. President Obama (PBUH) invited her to come to the White House to hear his reasons for stopping the trial of the Jihidi who masterminded the attack.
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She refused to attend and be used as “cover” for Obama. She said, “I voted for President Obama–I never would have done so if I had known what he would do!”
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Her son’s murderers will never face trial–they will be released by our civilian court system soon due to lack of evidence.
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WAKE UP AMERIKA!
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John Bibb
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By: whitetop

whitetop — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 15:28:56 +0000

Recidivism keeps the terrorism cycle rolling smoothly. Let us place all our trust blindly in President Gumby because he knows best. He has vast experience with handling terrorism matters, having been a…community organizer. He also has vast knowledge of strategic military issues, having been a…community organizer.

By: Baxter Greene

Baxter Greene — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 15:16:06 +0000

Hey look,we were told by the “smart ones” that Obama did not need experience to be a successful President because he has superior judgment.
Looking at the idiotic flopping around he has done in his first few weeks and taking in account his bad decision making with his “moral compass” Rev. Wright and the terrorist Ayers,it is obvious he posses the judgment God gave Rosanne Barr.

Closing Gitmo looks great to his left wing base and friends in France, but strategically he has opened himself up to major legal and political problems.Obama has backed himself
into a corner and has to go through with either jailing terrorist on American soil (lawyers on TV 24/7) or sending them to countries that will either put them back on terrorist payroll or torture/kill them.Worst case scenario is putting them through our court system here and probably having them released in this country.
Either way,Obama is making the situation worse and more dangerous for innocent civilians in his quest to please his left wing base and friends abroad.

This is some of the push back we are getting from Mr. judgments policy of talking to Iran without preconditions:

Hamas: Obama’s Talks With Iran A Victory For Islamic Revolution

Allah Akhbar.
Hamas said today that Barack Obama’s planned talks without preconditions with the Iranian Regime is a great victory for the Islamic Revolution.
Hamas added that the Islamic Revolution served as an incentive for the Palestinian people to terminate Israeli occupation.

Fars News reported:

TEHRAN (FNA)- The US efforts to hold direct talks with Iran is one of the Islamic Revolution’s achievements, Hamas envoy to Tehran said.

Speaking on the occasion of the 30th anniversary of the victory of Islamic Revolution in Iran’s northwestern province of East Azarbaijan on Sunday, Abu Osama Al-Muati referred to the US enmity with the Muslims, and reiterated that the White House approach helps to the integrity of Muslims.

Every single move Obama has done in reference to the War on Terror has signaled capitulation and surrender to the Jihadist.