According to this AP News story, Bush has told reporters that he wants to close Gitmo, but "first needed a plan to deal with the darn dangerous prisoners held there." I wonder what all is involved with closing a prison.

I'm inclined to disbelieve anything that W says.

I'm inclined to disbelieve anything that W says.

 

 

Yeah because he only tells lies and liberals only tell the truth um ok.

Yeah because he only tells lies and liberals only tell the truth um ok.

So, can you name a politician who you think genuinely tells the truth most of the time, left or right?

So, can you name a politician who you think genuinely tells the truth most of the time, left or right?

 

Nope that was my point.

Nope that was my point.

So, in that case, you agree 100% with everything Balance said.

So, can you name a politician who you think genuinely tells the truth most of the time, left or right?

 

uh, i think that was the point he was trying to make

 

oops he already said that

 

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If he wanted to close Guantanamo, he could close Guantanamo. There's no extra level of security there that you wouldn't have at a Supermax facility or even Leavenworth.

If he wanted to close Guantanamo, he could close Guantanamo. There's no extra level of security there that you wouldn't have at a Supermax facility or even Leavenworth.

 

 

Oh yes there is. Security from whiny leftist protestors and security from the soft ass U.S. criminal justice system.

Oh yes there is. Security from whiny leftist protestors and security from the soft ass U.S. criminal justice system.

Put them in Tamms Supermax. Nothing soft ass about it.

Put them in Tamms Supermax. Nothing soft ass about it.

 

 

If it were as simple as that I would be all for it. Trouble is that you'd be in the US and all these American Criminal Liberties Union lawyers would be scratching and clawing trying to get them in front of a civillian court.

If it were as simple as that I would be all for it. Trouble is that you'd be in the US and all these American Criminal Liberties Union lawyers would be scratching and clawing trying to get them in front of a civillian court.

And I'd probably agree with them on that point - sort of. We've held these scumbags for way too long - we need to cut them loose or give them a trial at this point. Whether its a military tribunal or a civilian court is left to argument, I think, but I do want to see them get moved along in some fashion.