Comments on: Goodbye to Gitmo?

By: Warner

Warner — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 13:39:38 +0000

I disagree with the closing of Gitmo. This idea is being totally engineered by “political correctness” idiots.
We are in a war on terrorism, and most of the U.S citizens would like to win. To import terrorists is complete idiocy, (we already have enough here) and those who want them here must be idiots also. The idea of allowing them to have access to the U.S. judicial system is a total waste of millions of dollars of the taxpayers money and years of time.
Mr. Murtha is one of the biggest fans of realeasing them to his home state and have the taxpayers pay for him to build a new prison in his home state. I say,”if he loves them so much, he should be with them”. He is such a dishonest person.
Keep the detainees there and let them go through a NON POLITICAL military wartime court.

By: Scott

Scott — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 13:02:58 +0000

If they’re going to put these terrorists into American prisons, they should place them into the general population and see if they last a month.

By: shon

shon — Sun, 25 Jan 2009 08:33:18 +0000

I am in total disagreement with his decision to close GTMO. To all you peopel who say we, americans, violate the geneva conventions, magna carta and all that stuff, you are ignorant, you base all your reasoning off what the news and other things like that. I say we should keep it open because of the simple fact that they are or have affiliations with terrorism. Also I can say for a fact that they arent mistreated there, in fact they get more medical treatment than the guards down there do, they get fed better and are treated better. So please do us a favor and shut up with your comments about violations of what ever act/convention/rights. Thanks!

By: richard bratton

richard bratton — Sun, 25 Jan 2009 00:00:27 +0000

if they insist on closing gitmo let’s send them to washington dc or alcatraz! the guards should be either qualified relatives of 9-11 victims, infantrymen returning from the middle east! general swatzkoph would be a great honorary warden!! if they’re in dc the bleeding hearts can go visiting daily to make sure thy’re being coddled properly!!! if it’s alcatraz pelosi can make michelle a special envoy to ensure they have adequate care and conselling!!!!!

By: Sam

Sam — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 21:50:30 +0000

What an idiot. I don’t mind him closing the prison, there were some questionable practices there, but granting them citizens rights and trying them in civilian courts is wrong. I hope the prosecutors in the Nurmberg trials are rolling in their graves. Trying terrorists and war criminals in US courts is stupid. Since when are captured pow’s given citizens rights?

By: Concerned American

Concerned American — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 00:05:21 +0000

This is the most ridiculous move any President of OUR great nation could make. These people are terrorists and one beheaded Daniel Pearl. Maybe a prison should be built in DC so they can be watched carefully by allll that want this!!!!!!!

By: xeli

xeli — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 19:15:16 +0000

The fact that Obama is closing Gitmo does not warrant the “idea” that terrorists are going to roam free among us this is totally ludicrous. Obama’s administration circulated a draft executive order that calls for closing the Guantanamo Bay detention center within a year and reviewing the cases of the nearly 245 inmates still held there. The order also would suspend pending war crimes cases for 120 days. These prisoners are just being “held” no trials no convictions just a big waste of our tax money. Gitmo costs approximately 90 million dollars a year to run and for what? To hold random suspects which include children? Lets not forget the 12 year old that was released a few years ago and the 15 year old Canadian boy that was tortured, there are people still there from the Mariel Boat lift for Christs sake!!! David Iglesias, New Mexico’s former U.S. attorney and current prosecution attorney with the Office of Military Commission will have the position of actually prosecuting the remaining terrorists. Part of the EO is for the administration to determine what happens to convicted terrorists. Perhaps there will be a “designated” federal prison with their name on it who knows, but I doubt Obama would seriously allow real terrorists to roam free, we still have the death penalty you know.

By: Lou

Lou — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 18:31:28 +0000

As a disabled purple heart American veteran I feel that it is a shame and a disgrace to allow the enemies of the United States to go free. From the experience that I had in the war zone they have not had any kind of sympathy for us and would love to see all Americans dead.

By: KOOCH

KOOCH — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 17:48:31 +0000

President Obama: You seem to be in a quandary as to where to relocate the combatants at Gitmo when you shut it down. I suggest you move them to the White House basement, probably the most secure place on the planet with the possible exception of the gold vault at Ft. Knox.

By: scott

scott — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 17:43:28 +0000

Close it down and send them to Crawford!

By: Steve

Steve — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 16:54:42 +0000

If anyone truly thinks there is a correst answer to this problem…Think again! World Opinion and politics are the major factors for consideration. And, as you know there is no winning team in either of those arenas! So, what do we do? We will make a whole bunch of Americans somewhere very upset no matter what happens. Obviously we will not execute them which probably would have been the best solution. Cuba doesn’t want them if you can believe that! It does appear though that the government in the Congo might be able to use them! They may wish to wait until the genocide that is most likely going to happen all over again to become a reality. They will then need a hardened bunch of confirmed terrorist to do their bidding!

On a serious note! I think they should be relocated them to Alcatraz island. Reopen that old federal prison and and operate it using the military. Yes, it will be an expensive consideration, but what won’t be? They wll have containment away from the land popualtion. Of course Dianne Feinstein will not hold still for that solution, but there you go with the Politics again. We have one year before they are put somewhere so we better figure out how to get around them having rights when brought to the United States. Our lawyers here would make it a circus. Can you imagine their defense team supenoing every military soldier who may have had contact with them and asking them under oath if they witness any harsh or unusual punishment. That is just the start! Wow!

By: Diane Pence

Diane Pence — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 16:45:07 +0000

Transfer the Gitmo detainees to Fort Lee so our new President and VP can visit their new friends often to ensure they are well taken care of. That “personal” touch goes a long way.

By: Diane Pence

Diane Pence — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 16:42:46 +0000

Send the detainees to Fort Lee. That way the new President and Vice President can visit their new friends and make sure they are well cared for. That personal touch goes a long way.

By: Cindy

Cindy — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 14:37:52 +0000

Obama should close Gitmo and send the prisoners back to Iraq to be tried in the Iraqi courts.

By: Edward Skinner

Edward Skinner — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 23:50:15 +0000

Gitmo is just a place. Close it and you still have to put these people somewhere. I suspect the real motivaion of the ones that wnat it closed is the eventual release of those held. Release them where?
For all those that are concerned with the welfare of these jihadis please tell me very specifically what it is you want to happen with these people. Please be very specific.

By: elizabethhwhite

elizabethhwhite — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 21:29:50 +0000

It is ridiculous to close Gitmo. If they close it all prisoners should be sent to Washington, DC where all of the politicians who have no idea where to put them can figure it out. At least send them to states with Democratic congressmen. Europe doesn’t want them. That is for sure.

By: Daughter of Liberty

Daughter of Liberty — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 17:14:08 +0000

For the many people who are debating whether or not we should close down Guantanamo Bay, here is something to think about… When I was a young girl of about 9/10 my knowledge of what was going on in politics was not large but some things I was old enough to understand and remember. I recall Bush being elected president and taking office in the winter of 2001. I also remember 9/11 and the following invasion of Afghanistan. One thing that really stands out in my mind is the tale of a young woman soldier who was taken prisoner while serving in Iraq. After Jessica had been rescued, her story was told and we heard about her experience, how she had been mistreated while in captivity. The fact that she had been mistreated stuck fast in the mind of a child and I remember thinking gratefully that America would never treat someone in this manner-America does not torture! And perhaps at the time we did not, however, in the years since then things have changed, and I am sorry to say that I can no longer look at America and come to the same conclusion. Even if we were to close Guantanamo Bay, it could never undo the damage already done to those lives forever shattered physically and mentally by methods used by the Nazis and Japanese captors during ww2. And what of the destruction caused to the Constitution and Geneva Convention, the simple laws of justice? I ask you – where is our humanity!? Visit: 9/11 research.com!

By: Carol Lee

Carol Lee — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 21:39:12 +0000

Closing Gitmo, easy to campagain on. Obama if so, move them into Blair House!!

By: Linda

Linda — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 15:46:57 +0000

There’s a house in Chicago soon to be vacant (January 20th inaugeration day) with extra land around it — perhaps it would be a good place to house GITMO detainees.

By: Jeanne Gratehouse

Jeanne Gratehouse — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 00:55:57 +0000

Where on earth are these terrorists going to go????? No country wants them–they’re killers!!!!!We all know they will only go to wherever the killings of innocents are needed! These people have no conscience or love or reasoning in therir natures! They were bred and born to hate & kill!!!!!!! Our country is slowly being lead off “for the slaughter”, and we can thank the “politically correct” crowd for that!! And all the leaders and people just look the other way!!!!! May God have mercy on our souls for the callousness our world has become!
Are people not aware that 3 of the men already “let out ” of Gitmo have already been caught IN THE ACT of terrorism??? Wake up and smell the coffee!!!

By: DICK ROBEY

DICK ROBEY — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 00:48:29 +0000

THE U.S. REP AND SENATOR WHO VOTE FOR CLOSING SHOULD AN EQUAL % OF THOSE TERRORISTS PLACE IN THEIR STATES AND FUNDED BY A NEW SALES TAXES.

THE USA WILL BE ATTACK BY MUSLINS AT LEAST ONCE BEFORE THIS MAN LEAVES OFFICE. HE IS A STAR IN HIS OWN EYES BUT IS NOT NOR WILL HE BE CAPABLE AS A LEADER. BUT HE WILL BE MY PRESIDENT AND I WILL PRAY SINCERELY FOR HIM; MORE THAN MOST OF HIS FAN CLUB; AS A CHRISTIAN I REALLY BELIEVE IN PRAYER. I TRULY WANT HIM TO BE SAFE BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY I WANT HIM TO GIVE US ANOTHER 7 YEARS OF SAFETY THROUGH A DEMONSTRATION OF HIS STRENGHT; NOT POLL POPULARITY.

By: Michael

Michael — Sun, 18 Jan 2009 06:16:08 +0000

All I can say is the obvious,. Most of the voters wanted change, and they are getting it. Whether or not it’s the kind of change they will agree with is now being seen, and will be in the coming months. Nobody really knows just what they got in Obama. I don’t think we will like it.

By: Joe L. Ogan

Joe L. Ogan — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 23:58:17 +0000

If we release the terrorists from GITMO, they will almost certainly atack us again with resultant loss of American Lives.

By: PJ

PJ — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 16:21:17 +0000

As far as Gitmo detainees are concerned the radical Islamist at Gitmo should have been secretly rung-out for information and then been done away with years ago. The American people don’t have the mental or emotional capacity to deal with the dark-side of war. War is war and culling the heard of humanity it isn’t a social event. Rarely do you hear please pass the Grey-Poupon and a box of small grenades.

The neophyte Marxian socialist who is controlled by the Chicago Political mob and who barely 50% of the voters elected to “Lead” the USA makes his very first action as President the release of sworn terrorist who want to kill the very people he is taking an oath to protect on the same day he takes the oath. Do you think he has an agenda?

Then again what would anyone expect from a self-defined intellectual elitist who has never stayed in one job long enough to ever be held responsibility for anything. The American people are not stupid but at least 50% of the voters are extremely gullible. Sadly, the new Marxist President with help from the cheerleading liberal press will likely win the day. So since we are stuck with the Press selected darling of Socialism, I suggest that the dumbest in Congress, Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reed find a place in their home districts for these down trodden souls of Islamic fantasy.

By: Pat

Pat — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 22:51:45 +0000

I have to comment on the close Gitmo people. Your idealistic view of this is childlike you have no idea of what you are saying. These captives know exactly why they are in there and they depend on the ignorance you display to get out to terrorize another day.