What should we do with the prisoners that are still there? Release them, even though we have good reason to believe that they will re-engage in attacks on U.S. troops and/or civilians? (What happened to "what did we know and when did we know it?"--remember that?)
Joe Biden (Democratic senator from Delaware) makes this statement in an interview on "ABC News".
"But the end result is, I think we should end up shutting it down, moving those prisoners," he said. "Those that we have reason to keep, keep. And those we don't, let go."
What a great clarification! What constitutes 'reason to keep'? Don't you think that is exactly what we are doing???
And if we close Gitmo, where do we put them? I'd rather have them in Cuba, than in my home state, where terrorists trying to free their comrades might kill innocent Americans in a prison break attempt (or hostage situation).
Should we close Gitmo and build an entirely new facility, with taxpayer money, move all the prisoners there (a risky undertaking, to be sure) and then close THAT facility down when people start lying about it?
And why does Biden think this move is necessary?
"This has become the greatest propaganda tool that exists for recruiting of terrorists around the world. And it is unnecessary to be in that position."
Well, the terrorists and Islamofascists hated us well before Gitmo was established. Remember September 11? The U.S.S. Cole? The first World Trade Center bombing? Somalia?
To suggest somehow that closing Gitmo would reduce the anti-American propaganda and create 'goodwill' with the terrorists is simple-minded tripe. How did this guy get to be a Senator?
I'm becoming more and more depressed about the lack of logic and reasoning power exhibited by the very people we have elected to help run our country. And how they are playing right into the terrorists' hands.
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