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It was the first thing he tried, and he was blocked by Congress who refused to fund the shutdown operation.
by snovv_crash 4y ago
It was the first thing he tried, and he was blocked by Congress who refused to fund the shutdown operation.
- ncmncm 4y agoThat looked to me like providing cover for not performing. All the evidence suggests Obama was Their Man from the beginning. (E.g. expanding "death from the sky" program -- even against a US citizen and his children, weaponizing Espionage Act against reporters & whistleblowers.) Most interesting to me is how They arranged to get him a Nobel Peace prize for nothing. (They got one for Kissinger, too!)
- jessaustin 4y agoEvery year Congress sends a defense appropriation bill to the president, and Gitmo's operation is always included in that. Any president who actually wanted to end Gitmo could simply veto the annual defense appropriation bill, and advise Congress to send a new version without the Gitmo crap.