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In reply to the discussion: Please Tell Me More About How It Was Obama Who Failed To Close Gitmo [View all]Hippo_Tron
(25,453 posts)68. That would be political suicide
I'm all for politicians leading and not following, but there are limits on how much you can realistically expect them to defy public opinion.
Really, the Supreme Court are the ones who should be saying "figure it out or they're being released". But sadly that institution has been taken over by right wing nuts.
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Please Tell Me More About How It Was Obama Who Failed To Close Gitmo [View all]
MrScorpio
Oct 2014
OP
Dear Mr. Scorpio, there are some DU'ers who are impervious to political reality
KittyWampus
Oct 2014
#1
I've posted the story of not only this guy, but others for a long time. I don't bother anymore. The
freshwest
Oct 2014
#6
Hopefully historians will be more informed about what is going on in Congress today than most of
jwirr
Oct 2014
#8
If some loud ones on DU refuse to understand the vital role Congress plays in our government,
BlueCaliDem
Oct 2014
#9
Exactly. Closing the camp isn't the problem, it's what to do with the existing prisoners.
hughee99
Oct 2014
#13
Wouldn't have the funds to send them elsewhwere. If the President could do this without the assholes
Cha
Oct 2014
#24
You don't get it. President Obama wanted Gitmo CLOSED and Congress wouldn't Give him the MONEY.
Cha
Oct 2014
#34
They need money to send the remaining ones who haven't passed review and been released..
Cha
Oct 2014
#48
Who doesn't "get it"? If President wanted it closed, it'd be closed. He has a lot of options as
rhett o rick
Oct 2014
#55
If you send the prisoners, some of whom have been held without charges for more than a decade
hughee99
Oct 2014
#45
President Obama is releasing some of the prisoners after they have been reviewed. YOu don't just
Cha
Oct 2014
#47
They've been down to about 150 prisoners for quite some time now. 86 are cleared for release,
hughee99
Oct 2014
#53
I've been saying the same thing, MrScorpio.. it's one of those things that's claimed by the
Cha
Oct 2014
#26
Willful ignorance or something else? Why would people from the supposed left lie about this
LawDeeDah
Oct 2014
#28
Seems like they want it to be the President's fault.. no matter what the facts are.
Cha
Oct 2014
#32
They want him to be Mr Magic Man.. presto it's closed! Doesn't work that way and you can't explain
Cha
Oct 2014
#37
Who Are the 55 Cleared Guantánamo Prisoners on the List Released by the Obama Administration?
Cha
Oct 2014
#38
Some facts, she.. "The Left and Right Are Both Wrong About Obama’s Bergdahl Prison Swap"
Cha
Oct 2014
#49
Who Are the 55 Cleared Guantánamo Prisoners on the List Released by the Obama Administration?
Cha
Oct 2014
#59
John Boehner Wigs Out and Calls Obama Lawless For Trying to Close Illegal GITMO Prison
Cha
Oct 2014
#66
I'm fairly critical of the President, but this is one instance he was screwed by his own party
Hippo_Tron
Oct 2014
#67