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Hey, remember when Obama closed Gitmo? Remember how he couldn't stop telling us how great it was that he'd closed Gitmo? He actually listed "closing Gitmo" as one of his achievements. To him, making a promise was the same as keeping it. And if he didn't actually keep it, so what?
All because on January 22, 2009, two days after being sworn in, Obama signed the first of his many executive orders:
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Before Obama even knew how to find all the bathrooms in the White House, he'd signed that executive order to close the Guantanamo Bay detention facility. It was that important to him. And, in an appropriate metaphor for his presidency, that order wasn't worth the paper it was printed on. Nine years later, Gitmo is still open. King Barry failed.
He was never able to close it, but he sure did try to empty it out. Remember when he released five Taliban commanders from Gitmo in exchange for Bowe Bergdahl, a deserter and possibly a traitor? He would probably prefer if you forgot that one ...
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Bismillah al-Rahman al-Rahim, Robert Bergdahl. Bismillah al-Rahman al-Rahim indeed.
Sorry, libs, but there won't be any more terrorist giveaways for the time being. Scott Neuman, NPR:
President Trump on Tuesday signed an executive order to keep open the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay, after pledging during the campaign to "load it up with some bad dudes."
Trump signed that right before his State of the Union Address, where he said: "In the past, we have foolishly released hundreds and hundreds of dangerous terrorists, only to meet them again on the battlefield..."
PolitiFact rates this claim as Mostly False, which means it's mostly true.
There are a lot of things I don't like about President Trump, but I'm with him on this one. Obama never made the case for closing Gitmo, and I'm glad it didn't happen. Trump is right to keep it open, and to remind everyone why. Even if it's only a symbolic gesture, it sends the right message. ...
The essential American soul is hard, isolate, stoic, and a killer. It has never yet melted. ~ D.H. Lawrence
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