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Champ to release 1/3 of Gitmo inmates?
2012-09-23
President Barack Obama is about to release or transfer 55 Gitmo prisoners, despite reports that the Libyan believed to be behind the killing of US Ambassador Christopher Stevens was a former Guantanamo inmate transferred to Libyan custody.
The optics of that look great, Champ. Go for it...
The large percentage of those scheduled to be released are Yemeni, according to a list made public by the Obama administration. Obama stopped the release or transfer of Yemeni inmates in 2010, because the conditions in the country were viewed as too "unsettled" at the time.
Yemen is so much more settled now...
A release or transfer of 55 inmates means Obama is moving out one third of the prisoners at Guantanamo. And while it doesn't represent a shutdown of the facility, it's certainly indicative of a move toward that end.
No worries, release them all and then drone-zap them in the field...
Could it be that Obama is trying to set himself up to campaign as the man who is taking steps to finally close Gitmo, just as he recently reversed the Afghanistan surge in order to campaign as the man who's winding down the war in the Afghanistan?
It would certainly help him with his base...
The ACLU has praised the releases as "a partial victory for transparency."
Of course they did...
Posted by:Steve White

#10  Go for it Barry, the cheese is right there, don't worry it's not American processed, it's wholesome, get the cheese Barry.
Posted by: Shipman   2012-09-23 18:36  

#9  Wouldn't that help with the stability of the region?

Or the lack thereof.

They'd all go to Egypt, or Libya, or Syria, right?
Posted by: Bobby   2012-09-23 15:07  

#8  Sabotage.
Posted by: Whiskey Mike   2012-09-23 14:10  

#7  I have no problem "releasing" 55 Yemini detainees. They have two choices:

1. Take them five miles offshore from Guantanamo, force them overboard, and have them swim back to Yemen - oh, and wish them luck.

or

2) Put them in a C-141 Starlifter, fly them to Yemen, and let them exit the aircraft from - say - 20,0000 feet altitude - and, once again, wish them luck. Hell, a couple of them may even learn to fly, on the way down.
Posted by: Lone Ranger   2012-09-23 13:37  

#6  The large percentage of those scheduled to be released are Yemeni

My theory:
1) Barak Obama knows he's losing.
2) This is his inauguration present to Mitt Romney.
3) Expect more of this.
Posted by: Frozen Al   2012-09-23 13:33  

#5  Rule #1: Never hand over what cost life and limb to overcome to the Democratic Party of the United States of America.

Rule #2: If you do, be prepared to lose life and limb to get everything under control again.
Posted by: Rupert Smiter of the Mongol Horde2008   2012-09-23 12:13  

#4  The ACLU has praised the releases as "a partial victory for transparency."

The statement above confirms the fecklessness of the action. Little more need be said.
Posted by: Besoeker   2012-09-23 11:37  

#3  After extensive evaluations by the Obama administration none of the 55 inmates were deemed capitalists so the risk of release is very low.
Posted by: Airandee   2012-09-23 11:33  

#2  The large percentage of those scheduled to be released are Yemeni,

I really don't believe in geo-political coincidences do you?
Posted by: Besoeker   2012-09-23 11:22  

#1  Well, if you're going the 'old route' of rewarding campaign donors with ambassadorial posts, its one way of opening up the available quid pro quo assignments.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2012-09-23 10:45  

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