Friday, February 20, 2009
So much rhetoric during the campaign, but it turns out a lot of it was crap, and these things are a lot more difficult to deal with than they first appeared: Move America Forward: Obama's Government Report: Guantanamo is Humane and Abides by Geneva Conventions
President Obama in one of his first actions in office ordered the closure of the terrorist prison at Guantanamo Bay. He also ordered an in-depth study of the prison camps to decipher whether the terrorists and alleged terrorists at Gitmo are properly treated and that U.S. troops are abiding by the Geneva Conventions.
The report, part of which was leaked today, shows that Gitmo "complies with the humanitarian requirements of the Geneva conventions" and that the prisoners are treated with dignity. A Pentagon official, who spoke anonymously, said that it showed that the Bush administration created a humane detention camp that has been unfairly characterized by critics. Speaking of the remaining 245 detainees there, this official said the report underscored that if the men are moved, they may "go from a humane environment to a less humane environment," according to the New York Times.
Well, well, well. As we at Move America Forward have been saying, President Obama has stepped in it. He has no plans for these dangerous beasts and, un til he ordered his Attorney General to visit gitmo, he had made no efforts to know the truth about what happens at the state0-of-the art prison...
What I don't understand is why we consistently call our own officials liars and choose to believe these people who are actually trained to BE liars. Do you really think that the detainees are more credible? Which has the most to gain, (or lose) by false testimony?