President Obama and Guantanamo Bay.

[ron_broxted]

It has been almost a year since Barack Obama became the 44th President. Has he fulfilled his early promise? On the second day of his presidency he proclaimed that he would close Gitmo within a year. It remains operational. 198 are held without trial and without charge. Britain has internment without trail too, but America should not cast itself in

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He never had the slightest intention of closing it

[vassily_shuisky]

He was just power-crazed on the day he gave a nice soundbyte and wanted to portray himself as the world's new Guardian Angel.

In point of fact he has increased the number of illegally-held prisoners, because no-one has any idea how many more he has got stacked-away in Bagram, to which he has admitted no journalists and on which he discloses no details.

Re: He never had the slightest intention of closing it

[ron_broxted]

I admit to supporting him, be honest, would you prefer Shrub? I think my decision to join Al-Mujahiroun will put the kibosh on my Washington visit.

Re: He never had the slightest intention of closing it

[vassily_shuisky]

I don't see a difference between O'Bomber and Shrub, frankly. Maybe on some niceties of domestic policy which don't concern me, and on which I have no right to an opinion. But wars, torture centres, prisons, destabilisation of sovreign countries, preparation for invasion of Yemen & Iran, arming loony dictatorships... Obama and Bush can't be told like from like in all this :(

Re: He never had the slightest intention of closing it

[ron_broxted]

Gerald thingy on TV said there was to be a world crash in 2010