I’m assuming everyone knows about the Gitmo issue. So I won’t spend two paragraphs explaining it. Chances are if you’re reading this blog you have a grasp on current events.
I’m becoming more convinced that Obama will keep Gitmo opened. He’s proven quite a few times now that he’s willing to drop major promises and throw things under the bus in the name of being practical. Obama vowed to take public financing for his campaign, but he realized how much he could raise through donors, so he dropped that promise. Obama vowed to keep a distance between his administration and lobbyists, but he has lobbyists working near his administration. Obama dropped his pastor of 20 years, just weeks after standing up for him. Obama has even shifted on his view of immediately withdrawing from Iraq.
We all know Obama vowed to close Gitmo, but I think the reality of the situation will cause Obama to change his mind once again. There is no place to put over 200 prisoners that need to be tried. Obama will see this situation and keep Gitmo open.
Another solution I can see Obama using for Gitmo is to make a bipartisan “study group” to figure out what to do with the prisoners at Gitmo. This would buy him some time to make appropriate arrangements just in case he does plan on closing Gitmo.
Obama is just like any other politician. He runs under the bumper sticker of ‘Hope’ and ‘Change’, but he’s coldly pragmatic.
The really sad part is that we gave up an honorable and patriotic candidate who told it as it was!!
Source: Freedoms Values and Rights
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After watching Mr. Obama already lie about his $3000.00 campaign promise to small business…. I imagine reality of the real world will bite him on this also….I can only hope considering the recent report of 11% recidivism of of former detainees to terror. I imagine he has a tough row to hoe with his liberal/socialist following.
Obama already said in an interview the other day that he knows it will take time to figure out where to send these terrorists because noone wants them. So, yes again he is seeing reality. And he will continue to see that George Bush was doing what was in our best interests all along, and noone would take these guys so, he had no choice but to put them where he did. Obama and the world are starting to see that George Bush wasn’t a bad guy, he actually cares and did the best he could. Obama is becoming more and more aware of the reality of the situation we are in and that he best be careful what he promises from here on out because the minute he risks our safety we will go against him. And people are seeing too, that he can’t keep his campaign promises…They were Just WORDS! Well he’s eating alot of his own right now. I hope he likes crow.