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Anyone remember a certain president who was supposed to shut down guatanamo within a few months within being in office? This has the same 'smell' to it ...
by kelvin0 11y ago
Anyone remember a certain president who was supposed to shut down guatanamo within a few months within being in office? This has the same 'smell' to it ...
- lazyjones 11y agoHe was also supposed to protect whistleblowers. I had the same thought as you when I read the title...
- mokus 11y agoHe is stating intent to do a specific thing on a specific day in the very near future (tomorrow) without precondition or contingency on outcome of any other events. This is not even remotely the same thing as "if I am elected I will..."
- meepmorp 11y agoAnyone remember the big ol' freak out in congress in response to closing Gitmo and moving detainees to the U.S. proper? In 2009, the Senate approved an amendment to the Supplemental Appropriations act for that year that blocked funds to move or release Gitmo detainees, by a vote of 90-6. That shit wasn't gonna happen. And maybe Obama ought to have known better, but he sure isn't exclusively at fault there.