Hope And Change: Now Obama Might Not Close Guantanamo Until The End Of First Term In Office

• January 17, 2009

Hopefully Obama’s first term in office will be his only term in office and The One’s backpedal on one of the issues he was loudest about during the campaign may just help make that wish come true.

In a wide-ranging 70-minute interview with Washington Post reporters and editors, the president-elect pledged quick action on the Middle East once he takes office, promised to support voting rights for D.C. residents, and said he will consider it a failure if he has not closed the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, by the end of his first term in office.

I said a while ago that Obama was going to end up between a rock and a hard place with Guantanamo Bay. It’s easy to throw rocks at the guy currently in charge of the dangerous terrorist detainees in the heat of a political campaign. It’s much harder to actually be the guy calling the shots.
Now that Obama is the guy calling the shots, he’s not quite as certain that closing down Guantanamo Bay and either releasing the terrorists detained their or giving them lawyers is such a great idea. Which is why he’s backpedaling on closing the detention facility (which he’s never actually visited, by the way) as quickly as he can.
My guess is that he’ll push back his proposed closing of the facility so far that eventually most people will just forget about his campaign promises. Whether or not they’ll actually forget remains to be seen.

Tags: Domestic Issues, Politics, War On Terror

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It is fool hardy to assume that Islamo Fascism is over because we have a new president. It would be wise to keep Gitmo in operation even if he plans to release most of the prisoners. Another attack could happen any time. The real issue is will this president defend America if we are attacked?
jimmypop

It’s much harder to actually be the guy calling the shots.

barry is going to vote present on this one. problem solved!
thetodd

As Hussein Obama wrote in his book, “In time of conflict, I will side with the Muslims.”

“Are you sure it was a book, Peter? Are you sure it wasn’t… nothing?”
FlyOnTheWall

He’d defend the country, no question. Would he continue to defend when the bloom wore off the rose? Does he have it in him to do something required that will be garner criticism from his base?
jk

The actual quote was “I will stand with the Muslims should the political winds shift in an ugly direction,”
http://www.sayanythingblog.com/ electnixon

I’m sure that it’s Bush’s fault. He’s the one who gave purpose to Gitmo which, in turn, makes it difficult for The One to close the place.

WJBC never caught any terrorists, so he never needed Guantanamo. If we would stop catching terrorists, we wouldn’t ever need to detain them and extract information from them. Instead we’re left with all these captured terrorists thanks to “free rent for beheaders” Bush.

One more example of Bush costing taxpayers money
/sarcasm
ellinas

There is nothing wrong with keeping GITMO. The only reason alot of people want to see it gone is that while we say we don’t torture, we did at GITMO.
jk

As Hussein Obama wrote in his book, “In time of conflict, I will side with the Muslims.”

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