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26. Are they still tube feeding the inmates??

Reply to Purveyor (Original post)

Thu Mar 19, 2015, 12:44 AM

Mar 2015

Did this torturous act ever end? I think not!

CLOSE GUANTANAMO BAY NOW!!!

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Obama Says He Should Have Closed Guantanamo On His First Day [View all] Purveyor Mar 2015 OP

Oh, well. OnyxCollie Mar 2015 #1

The US will close Guantanamo Bay when Ted Cruz is the president..........of Cuba. Monk06 Mar 2015 #2

He must have ODS. WorseBeforeBetter Mar 2015 #3

Yes, I seem to recall DU legal experts assuring us closing Gitomo would be impossible. pa28 Mar 2015 #5

Fucking directionality of time. jeff47 Mar 2015 #49

What about Bagram? JonLP24 Mar 2015 #4

How can our main Air Force base in Afghanistan be closed former9thward Mar 2015 #82

I'm talking about the prison JonLP24 Mar 2015 #115

Uh, yeah. nt awoke_in_2003 Mar 2015 #6

I don't get it NobodyHere Mar 2015 #7

I don't think so. There was political backlash and it was reflected legislatively. n/t Unvanguard Mar 2015 #14

No. The law blocking closing Gitmo passed later. jeff47 Mar 2015 #48

Interesting NobodyHere Mar 2015 #81

The aforementioned legal experts (see post #5)... WorseBeforeBetter Mar 2015 #83

Fucking time only running in one direction. jeff47 Mar 2015 #106

No, it's a funding thing that Congress explicitly blocked. jeff47 Mar 2015 #105

Just named the #1 Problem with Your Administration and the Dems in General HoosierCowboy Mar 2015 #8

+ Eighty Gazillion Scuba Mar 2015 #40

Exactly.. sendero Mar 2015 #46

Yep. I'm in NC and in awe of the NC GOP... WorseBeforeBetter Mar 2015 #84

Regardless of the cheap shots that pop up from the usual.. I'm so glad the Pres has been working Cha Mar 2015 #9

Exactly Cha, he's working towards closure flamingdem Mar 2015 #24

Oh good, it's Cha Mar 2015 #27

Yes, he's been fixing to get ready to get started to prepare for closing Gitmo for a long time. candelista Mar 2015 #52

your post shows you know nothing about it. Cha Mar 2015 #65

Thank you. candelista Mar 2015 #67

+1 nt steve2470 Mar 2015 #64

It's more than a prison Epoe Mar 2015 #10

Because we have hundreds of others. arcane1 Mar 2015 #13

No one besides Castro has ever suggested we close the base. "Guantanamo" is shorthand for the prison Hekate Mar 2015 #15

Republicans? Ha! The Senate vote was 90-6 and Dems were in the majority. merrily Mar 2015 #29

Actually plenty of people have suggested the base should be closed. Daniel537 Mar 2015 #43

Are you really that naive? Most of us dont care if the base itself remains we just dont want it cstanleytech Mar 2015 #18

Ah yes. Beware the Basselope Gap! Scootaloo Mar 2015 #28

OH NO WE'RE ALL GONNA DIE F4lconF16 Mar 2015 #80

he specifically called us out when liberals asked him why that commitment was not kept. samsingh Mar 2015 #11

I think I see another Executive Order coming down the pike.... Hekate Mar 2015 #12

Can't. jeff47 Mar 2015 #50

Coulda, shoulda, woulda, DIDN'T! blkmusclmachine Mar 2015 #16

Pretty much sums up my view of him. :( boomer55 Mar 2015 #77

The road to hell is paved with good intentions wundermaus Mar 2015 #17

Considering the fact that he'd been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize-yes it would have been a good idea jalan48 Mar 2015 #19

path of least resistance Obama Doctor_J Mar 2015 #20

Well, no shit Prez. O! SoapBox Mar 2015 #21

Would have been easier to wait until after the war crimes trials of W and the Dick.... Thor_MN Mar 2015 #22

Yeah, that would have been the moral Kelvin Mace Mar 2015 #23

Obama's biggest mistake was coming into office thinking he could reason with these people. phleshdef Mar 2015 #25

That entire riff is so played out. merrily Mar 2015 #30

This message was self-deleted by its author 1000words Mar 2015 #32

Thank you. merrily Mar 2015 #33

Wow, I don't even know how to respond to that. phleshdef Mar 2015 #34

No pontificating on my part. You were trying to make the usual lame excuses. They don't wash. merrily Mar 2015 #36

+1000 n/t crim son Mar 2015 #56

You addressed nothing. Facts are not excuses. phleshdef Mar 2015 #79

Teddy's last vote was March 26, 2009. joshcryer Mar 2015 #38

So? merrily Mar 2015 #86

I guess they could've "rolled him out..." joshcryer Mar 2015 #88

Why? They did not need his vote to pass ACA, as you yourself showed in your Reply 38. merrily Mar 2015 #89

Reconciliation didn't pass until March 23, 2010. joshcryer Mar 2015 #90

Yes, passed in2010 and by reconciliation. Again, what part of my post do you claim merrily Mar 2015 #91

"he hauled himself into the Senate" joshcryer Mar 2015 #92

Saying Kennedy hauled himself into the Senate is a personal insult now? wtf? merrily Mar 2015 #93

Yes, expecting an incapacitated man... joshcryer Mar 2015 #94

UNTRUE, but, even if it were, you are not Ted Kennedy. So, how does it personally insult YOU if I merrily Mar 2015 #95

You expected them to "line up the votes." joshcryer Mar 2015 #96

Please stop making up stuff to try to justify your personal insults. merrily Mar 2015 #97

"lined up several votes" joshcryer Mar 2015 #98

Again, nothing about my expectations. Also, irrelevant since his vote was not needed to pass ACA. merrily Mar 2015 #99

You don't get it. joshcryer Mar 2015 #100

The sex trafficking bill currently being filibustered says "Hi". jeff47 Mar 2015 #51

Good thing Democrats finally read that bill, isn't it? merrily Mar 2015 #85

Not quite. jeff47 Mar 2015 #104

PS As you know, there's a huge difference between passing a bill and blocking a bill. merrily Mar 2015 #101

Yeah, I am pretty sure the president was intent from day one on enacting a "moderate republican" Doctor_J Mar 2015 #74

I remember Day One. Shortly before Day One: merrily Mar 2015 #102

There were a whole bunch of blue dogs is right. Both Nelsons, Lieberman, Bayh, Landrieu, Lincoln, still_one Mar 2015 #37

Please see Replies 85, 101 and 102. merrily Mar 2015 #87

Are they still tube feeding the inmates?? CountAllVotes Mar 2015 #26

Can't blame that on Bush. Bagram either. Continuation of extraordinary rendition, either. merrily Mar 2015 #31

This message was self-deleted by its author 1000words Mar 2015 #35

There are many things that you should have done on the first days in office Mr President anotojefiremnesuka Mar 2015 #39

It's like that proposal Obama recently threw out on a free two-year college education. bulloney Mar 2015 #41

Without the talk, you don't win elections. jeff47 Mar 2015 #53

Effin' duh! Android3.14 Mar 2015 #42

shoulda woulda coulda. nt Javaman Mar 2015 #44

there's a lot of stuff he could have done at the start that would have given him more momentum for yurbud Mar 2015 #45

;tldr He's still not closing Guantanamo or releasing its prisoners. Orsino Mar 2015 #47

Feel free to explain how he can do it spending $0. jeff47 Mar 2015 #54

Release the prisoners. n/t Orsino Mar 2015 #59

And they starve to death. jeff47 Mar 2015 #60

Oh, we can keep feeding them. Orsino Mar 2015 #62

Then they aren't released. jeff47 Mar 2015 #63

We're already feeding them. We can keep it up for as long as needed. Orsino Mar 2015 #70

Which means they're still in prison. jeff47 Mar 2015 #71

Precisely. They remain our responsibility until they can live free. Orsino Mar 2015 #72

And you blame that crime on the person who isn't committing it. (nt) jeff47 Mar 2015 #73

Oh, there's plenty of blame to go around, including nearly all of us. Orsino Mar 2015 #75

And I've pointed out that those will not do what you claim. jeff47 Mar 2015 #76

I don't require that the president summon a Patronus. Orsino Mar 2015 #103

International and UN still won't get the job done. jeff47 Mar 2015 #107

Well, if you don't want to change the situation... Orsino Mar 2015 #108

Pretending is what you are doing. jeff47 Mar 2015 #110

I wouldn't care at all whether Gitmo were closed... Orsino Mar 2015 #111

:facepalm: jeff47 Mar 2015 #112

Nope. You are stuck on closing Gitmo, and on the price of airline tickets. Orsino Mar 2015 #113

I agree, but LynnTTT Mar 2015 #55

No Shat, Sherlock! riobravo Mar 2015 #57

That's just one of a long list of things he should have done that day but didn't tularetom Mar 2015 #58

Ridiculous. Sorry, I'm not buying this at all. hughee99 Mar 2015 #61

Some are likely innocent but the majority probably are hardened terrorists. randome Mar 2015 #66

About 75 of the ones remaining have already been declared "free to go" if only hughee99 Mar 2015 #69

ya think? UpInArms Mar 2015 #68

Ah, memories... November 6, 2008...... Flying Squirrel Mar 2015 #78

He had the House and 60 votes in the Senate. Calista241 Mar 2015 #109

What's Clinton's stand on this? Reter Mar 2015 #114

yes, should have closed gitmo first week in office. Thank God he worked on ACA immediately! Sunlei Mar 2015 #116