barack obama just signed bill to...

My friend started crying when she found out!
It's great that he's already changing things from the Bush admin.
Hopefully he'll keep it up!
 
Okay, I know very little about Gitmo. Is this good or bad? The only thing I know about it is it's in Cuba? and I think they hold terrorists there?
 
Okay, I know very little about Gitmo. Is this good or bad? The only thing I know about it is it's in Cuba? and I think they hold terrorists there?

it is very good that he is closing gitmo. yes they do hold terrorists there but they torture them and that goes WAYYY against the constitution
 

Wait, so they're basically letting terrorists walk free? If so, I've got a problem with that.
 
I'm glad that he's finally closed it.
Our local Amnesty group campaigned a lot in our area about it.
It really hit home how bad it was there.
So, I'm very happy about this. :)
 
I have mixed feelings on this as well. I will say I have been very busy the last few months with school, college applications, ect. and so my facts may be wrong/biased because they only come from what I have heard. BUT, I think it is great that he is trying to get rid of the cruel punishment ect., but also upset because all of the prisoners will now be put in American prisons. Like I said I have not researched this at all, but if that is true I am not happy about it at all. Once those prisoners reach American soil they will have all the rights Americans have, and therefor have to right of possibly being released and then LIVING in America. That just does not sound safe/right to me. But like I said my facts may be wrong.
 
I have mixed feelings about this. I know there is crual punishment there but I'm not happy that the terrorists are going to American prisons. Most prisons aren't prepared for terrorists. And I agree with Alicia about the American rights stuff. But I've heard that in prisons, men who abuse/molest kids are hated by the other guys in the prison and all kinds of bad stuff happens to them. Apparently thugs think that crimes against kids are the worst kind out there. Won't the terrorists be treated the same as the child molesters?
 
Wait, so they're basically letting terrorists walk free? If so, I've got a problem with that.

Well, I haven't heard where they are going to put them.

I am against the torture, but where are we supposed to keep these people?
 
I'm mixed too but I am more okay with it. There have been a lot of innocent people sent to Guantanamo and tortured in the most disgusting of ways. And seriously, Obama isn't going to let "terrorists walk free" even bush wouldn't do that. Have a little more faith in your president guys, he isn't an idiot.
 
I have mixed feelings about this. I know there is crual punishment there but I'm not happy that the terrorists are going to American prisons. Most prisons aren't prepared for terrorists. And I agree with Alicia about the American rights stuff. But I've heard that in prisons, men who abuse/molest kids are hated by the other guys in the prison and all kinds of bad stuff happens to them. Apparently thugs think that crimes against kids are the worst kind out there. Won't the terrorists be treated the same as the child molesters?

I don't know. Personally, I don't care if those kind of scum are treated poorly. They are the lowest of the low.

I think the prison should stay open but cease the torture.
 
Y'know, I heard that these people didn't even get a fair trial. Just because some of those people may be terrorists, does not mean all of them are.

And there's likliehood that the prisoners will go back to their own countries. There's a Canadian born terrorist nammed Khadr who has yet to be tried in the US where he comitted the crime, and the Canadian government just doesn't want him back. They're trying to delay dealing with his case in their own system.. which they probably will have to eventually. The Conservatives have been criticised for a quite a long time for not bringin him back and leaving him in GITMO. And I'm not sure what I'm talking about, but the article said that the man should be coming back to Canada envetually.
 
I don't know. Personally, I don't care if those kind of scum are treated poorly. They are the lowest of the low.

I think the prison should stay open but cease the torture.

ITA.

I am so against this being closed. We don't need terrorists being moved to our home soil.

Bad, bad, idea.
 
I'm mixed too but I am more okay with it. There have been a lot of innocent people sent to Guantanamo and tortured in the most disgusting of ways. And seriously, Obama isn't going to let "terrorists walk free" even bush wouldn't do that. Have a little more faith in your president guys, he isn't an idiot.

Neither was Bush, but he still made some pretty bad choices. Like I said, I don't know much about Gitmo.


I'm against the cruel and unusual punishment, but I don't want anyone convicted of terrorism or espionage against my country in my country. Get rid of the cruel punishment, but keep the prison.
 
I don't know. Personally, I don't care if those kind of scum are treated poorly. They are the lowest of the low.

I think the prison should stay open but cease the torture.

I dont really want to wish poor treatment on those guys, but crimes against kids is awful. I because of my faith I believe that all crimes are the same, but society does view murder and crimes against kids as the worst. So I do get your point and I kind of agree with you, but at the same time I don't want to be a hypocrite.

I'm mixed too but I am more okay with it. There have been a lot of innocent people sent to Guantanamo and tortured in the most disgusting of ways. And seriously, Obama isn't going to let "terrorists walk free" even bush wouldn't do that. Have a little more faith in your president guys, he isn't an idiot.

I don't see where anybody said that Obama was an idiot or where anybody criticized him for this. Just because we disagree with his decision doesn't mean that we think he's an idiot.
 
I don't see where anybody said that Obama was an idiot or where anybody criticized him for this. Just because we disagree with his decision doesn't mean that we think he's an idiot.

Yes but saying he is going to let terrorists walk free seems to be doubting his common sense even.


I know nothing about Guantanamo so I don't feel like I can form an opinion in this argument sufficiently which is why I am so torn on the issue. I see both sides so far. I guess only time will tell for this one.
 
Yes but saying he is going to let terrorists walk free seems to be doubting his common sense even.


I know nothing about Guantanamo so I don't feel like I can form an opinion in this argument sufficiently which is why I am so torn on the issue. I see both sides so far. I guess only time will tell for this one.

Okay, that was me. My prior posts had said that I didn't know enough about the prison, and that I was replying to what another poster had said.
 
I also have very mixed feelings about this. Those guys are terrorists, for all I care they can rot in guantanamo, and I definitely don't want them in the US.

Also, I heard on the news last night that it could take 4 years for them to actually close the prison.

But I'm glad Obama isn't dilly dallying around, he's getting right to work.
 



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