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Obama national insecurity speech – the plan stinks

By Steve McGough / May 21, 2009 /

Of course, he blames the Bush administration for this entire mess and states that Guantanamo Bay should never have been opened in the first place. Of course, he says he has a plan, but what if there is no funding for it and citizens don’t want to have these terrorists on US soil? Similar to…

Smacked into reality concerning Guantanamo detainees

By Steve McGough / May 20, 2009 /

In what I only can describe as a smack to the head, President Obama’s request for $80 million in supplemental funding to close Camp Delta in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba was voted down by a 90-6 vote in the Senate this afternoon. This is not unexpected since politicians have a habit of speaking a great game…

We’re giving al Qaeda the moral high ground

By Jim Vicevich / February 2, 2009 /

I am not sure how an American, even one who works for Human Rights Watch, can believe that an organization that beheads, burns and otherwise brutally murders women and children, not to mention any soldier they capture, could possible think America is ceding the “high ground” by not closing Gitmo. httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yLmwaeY2Tnk My soldier friends assure…

Closing Camp Delta, Guantanamo Bay – without a plan

By Steve McGough / January 22, 2009 /

Today, President Obama signed an Executive Order to delay a decision his administration will soon need to make. By signing the order within the first 48 hours of his presidency, he throws a bone to the liberal left, placates them with a quick salvo fired at Bush, and kicks the can down the road. The can…

Despite Obama executive order, Guantanamo Bay terrorist detention facility still open

By Steve McGough / January 18, 2011 /

So where is the outrage? Let me make this clear, if President Bush (43) had signed an executive order promising Gitmo would be closed within one year and he missed the deadline by three minutes, there would be calls for impeachment by the left and the media. Yet today, Bush critics are silent concerning President…

Guantanamo detainees treated MUCH better than prisoners in USA

By Steve McGough / January 7, 2010 / Comments Off on Guantanamo detainees treated MUCH better than prisoners in USA

That’s the way I figured it, and my figuring is confirmed. As I noted on Jan. 22, 2009, President Obama had no plan at all – let alone a workable one – to close Camp Delta at Guantanamo Bay. He won’t meet his self-imposed deadline, and now many think Gitmo may never be closed.

20% of Released Guantanamo detainees go back to fighting (Update)

By Steve McGough / January 6, 2010 / Comments Off on 20% of Released Guantanamo detainees go back to fighting (Update)

A classified Pentagon assessment measuring the recidivism rate of released Guantanamo detainees indicates one in five – 20 percent – of them return to jihad. Previous reports in Dec. 2008 (11 percent) and April 2009 (14 percent) shows a trend as the more dangerous terrorists are released over time.

Closing Gitmo – The Executive Branch can not act alone

By Steve McGough / December 18, 2009 / Comments Off on Closing Gitmo – The Executive Branch can not act alone

Even though President Obama directed the U.S. government to purchase the Thomson Correctional Center in Thomson, Ill. and house no more than 100 detainees from Guantanamo Bay in the facility, Congress still represents the people, and Congress may block Obama’s plan.

Crowder goes to Guantanamo Bay – good perspective

By Steve McGough / November 16, 2009 /

Interesting video from PJTV and the Louder with Crowder series. Crowder provides a good perspective and some video I have not seen of the Guantanamo Bay area. The baseball field, Subway shop and other amenities are interesting, but Crowder does a good job of getting his point across on how the terrorists are being treated.

Dear Mr. President,

By SoundOffSister / May 21, 2009 /

I, like most Americans, and, I suspect all of Congress, listened attentively to your speech on Thursday about the fate of the detainees at Guantanamo Bay.  Your decision earlier this year to close Gitmo within the year left most of us wondering how you would accomplish this.  Even the Democrat controlled Congress was concerned enough that they denied…