Obama orders Guantanamo kept open and indefinite detention for prisoners

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/03/07/AR2011030704871.html?hpid=topnews

by ck2 • 15 years ago

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derrida• 15 years ago

To the rest of the world, this pretty much spells the end of "hope" in Obama.

ck22• 15 years ago

I'm exhausted of defending him and refuse to do it anymore (barely did in the first place) but the lesser known facts are these:

1. Congress purposely yanked all funding for other alternatives to force it to be kept open.

2. The remaining prisoners are supposedly the worst of the worst or do not have countries that can take and watch them (ie. Yemen)

Doesn't make this right and there are most likely innocent people mixed in there, held for a decade now who were turned in by people who simply didn't like them and wanted the bounty that was offered.

wladimir• 15 years ago

Grandparent is not stating that it's actually Obama's fault. He might me a great person, with the best of intentions, but he's powerless against the wants of the rest of the regime. The overall result is still a loss of 'hope'.

RuadhanMc• 15 years ago

Not really. If it was revealed that new prisoners were being sent to Guantanamo under Obama's watch, then that would be pretty bad, but that's not what is happening.

The deal is that there is a bunch of detainee's who may or may not have done anything to warrant being where they are, but they have been so badly treated over the past x number of years that if they weren't radicalized before they arrived in Guantanamo, then they probably are now.

So what do you do?

The moral of the story is that it's best not to get yourself into shitty situations like this in the first place.

bsiemon• 15 years ago

Think of all the first person shooters you have ever played. Now imagine the groups in those games that had secret prisons.

syaz1• 15 years ago

Your point is?

TNO• 15 years ago

Eat your broccoli.

Obama orders Guantanamo kept open and indefinite detention for prisoners

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