President Obama's Gitmo Policy Is Collapsing

Guantanamo was a clear instance where the Obama Administration's ideals smacked hard against cold reality. (BRENNAN LINSLEY/AFP/Getty Images)

Obama Vow To Close Guantamo Hit Hard By Political, Practical Realities -- NPR

It's been obvious for moths that the Obama Administration's plans to close the Guantanamo detention facility have smacked hard into wall of reality, which is that coming up with a plan to close it would be hard.

The Washington Post does a good job of laying out the problems encountered by the Obama White House which seem to have originated with a failure to appreciate just how difficult it would be to relocate hundreds of individuals who for years were called the "worst of the worst" by the prior administration.

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More News On Guantanamo

White House Regroups on Guantanamo -- Washington Post
Obama Will Not Seek New Legislation on Holding Guantanamo Detainees -- Voice of America
Obama won’t seek new legislation for terror detentions -- Christian Science Monitor
Obama to Use Current Law to Support Detentions -- New York Times
Obama Administration Wins Another Delay in Military Commission Case -- Washington Independent
Marine who built Gitmo: US lost moral high ground -- Yahoo News/AP
Marine Officer Who Set Up Guantanamo Prison Dismayed by What it Has Become -- L.A. Times
Timeline of Events -- Washington Post
Keep Gitmo -- Judith Miller, Los Angeles Times opinion
Friday News Dump Comes Early: Obama Gitmo Policy Collapses -- Weekly Standard

My Comment: Someone made a mistake .... this type of bad news is usually released late Friday night.

When President Obama signed his decree authorizing the closing of Guantanamo Bay this January, I wrote in this blog that this was a totally unrealistic goal if you want to do it right ..... and I am not a lawyer.

8 months later, the administration is now eating crow, and blaming the Bush Administration, lousy paper and book keeping, the international community, and Congress.

Sigh .... if I may quote Buddha .... when you point a finger at someone, you are pointing three at yourself.