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In reply to the discussion: Obama's big push on Guantanamo [View all]zipplewrath
(16,646 posts)32. Plenty-o-dem help
I was massively disappointed in the amount of resistance he found in he democrats when he showed up in 2009 on this issue. But I'll also admit I thought the position he staked out didn't help. He didn't want to close Gitmo, he wanted to move it. He defended indefinite detentions without trial. And his track record on conducting trials has been spotty at best. This is another Bush mess he has been unable to clean up. And another one where trying to work with the GOP to do it has been a failure.
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This is good news but what has changed? Some here have been suggesting these actions
rhett o rick
Jan 2015
#4
I am afraid what you are saying is true. He didn't do it before because he believed he could
rhett o rick
Jan 2015
#9
What? I was agreeing with you. You said he no longer cares if he pisses off Congress which
rhett o rick
Jan 2015
#12
Some said all along that he could do this and were disparaged by those that defended him
rhett o rick
Jan 2015
#18
I am a Democrat. I do not blindly follow any leader. I hold all my elected officials accountable.
rhett o rick
Jan 2015
#22
I don't disagree. It was a political decision and not the fact that his hands were tied as many
rhett o rick
Jan 2015
#23
Forgive me I am getting confused. Your OP says "President Obama's push to close the Guantanamo Bay
rhett o rick
Jan 2015
#36
K&R and yet another example of how President Obama can never win with some people.
great white snark
Jan 2015
#28