Quote:
Originally Posted by August
Your argument boils down to"If you don't like Oranges you have no right to dislike Apples".
Candidate Obama promised the immediate closure of the Gitmo prison but a couple years later he ends up using information gained through the interrogation of it's detainees to go after bin Laden.
Apparently he can have it both ways right?
|
His argument makes sense, but you choose to ignore it. Aside from that you bring up a point . Obama promised to close down Gitmo in a year.
However, how can you close a prison who's prisoners were deliberately not given any status? What were they? Criminals, suspects, prisoners of war? They were given no status whatsoever, so they could be treated in whatever way their capturers saw fit.
Closing down a facility like that is nearly impossible. And Obama hugely overplayed his hand by saying that he could close Gitmo in a year.
But does failing to clean up the mess your predecessor left you with, make you a worse president? I don't think so.