An image reviewed by the U.S. military shows an unidentified detainee at the 'Camp Four' detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, December 10, 2008. (Mandel Ngan/Pool/Reuters)From Yahoo News/Reuters:
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama said in an interview aired on Monday he worried that detainees freed from the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo, Cuba, might resume attacks on the United States.
But he told NBC News that closure of the prison was a matter of upholding U.S. values and law, and that a failure to do so would ultimately make Americans less secure.
"Can we guarantee that they're not going to try to participate in another attack? No," Obama said. "But what I can guarantee is that if we don't uphold our Constitution and our values, that over time that will make us less safe. And that will be a recruitment tool for organizations like al-Qaeda."
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My Comment: I am also not impressed by President Obama's statement that he feels comfortable with what he is doing in reference to Guantanamo. He may be concerned about releasing prisoners .... but lets face it .... he is still going to do it.
But it is also clear that he knows that if he is wrong, the political cost to him and the Democratic Party will be lethal. Besides ..... if he feels so comfortable in closing down Guantanamo, he will be doing it right now instead of waiting for a year. He will also be closing down the detention centers in Bagram, Afghanistanas, as well as prepping these inmates and others for travel to American prisons on American soil.
This is not happening now because .... they have no clue on what they are doing.
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