althouse.blogspot.com - 2/21/2009
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According to a Pentagon review ordered by President Obama. So... great . I'm proud of our military. But am I proud of our President who first promised to close the place and then got the study showing the facts relevant to the question whether it should be closed? Let's see if he can say now, ...
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... . That finding - in a report ordered by President Obama - has been challenged, naturally, but assume accuracy for present purposes. Ann Althouse observes that Obama "first promised to close the place and then got the study showing the facts relevant to the question whether it should be closed? Let's see if he can say now, ...
ANN ALTHOUSE:
The Guantanamo Bay military prison meets the requirements of the Geneva Conventions…
Instapundit —
ANN ALTHOUSE:
The Guantanamo Bay military prison meets the requirements of the Geneva Conventions.
According to a Pentagon review ordered by President Obama. So… great. I’m proud of our military. But am I proud of our President who first promised to close the place and then got the study showing the facts relevant to the question whether it should be closed?
Let’s see if he can say now, as he has before, I screwed up.
Don’t hold your breath.
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Gitmo Legal, But So What?
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I bitterly dispute Ann Althouse's conclusion that Obama "screwed up" by ordering Guantanamo prison closed without awaiting the results of the Pentagon study he had ordered about ...
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