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The torture of prisoners in Guantanamo, has made us all less safe in several ways. It serves as a recruitment tool for terrorists. It makes us argue about their treatment. It sets the Un against us. It ruins our track record on such things. It makes US soldiers torture targets.
When Obama promised to attend to shuttering Guantanamo, little did he realize that the Republican torture would dissallow prosecution of even open and shut terrorists. The only possibility for these prosecutions was independently developed evidence. Bush, and his ghouls weren't really interested in this, and used the prisoners as the rhetorical equivalent of a cops throwdown weapon. To adhoc scam us into accepting their claims against Iraq, and Saddam. They were to admit to BOGUS plots and plans.
Is it any wonder, that now, it is difficult, if not impossible to deal with the problem? Are many of these men dangerous? Yes. Are many of them now dangerous, and were just martyrs when they arrived? Undoubtedly.
The issue not dealt with at Faux, and even in the real press, is this is ALL the fault of the lying traitors in the Bush admin. They created this nightmare scenario. And who gets the blame? The guy trying to deal with it in a responsible fashion. Like all the other scams and traps set up by REpublicans, they were set to explode on someone elses watch. Probably this was intended, as they offered a doddering relic, to challenge our man. So, Obama gets the blame, not only from the Faux drones, but by his base too. To the degree that his base threatens to dissown him.
It would be funny if it weren't so sad. An act that should see Bush and gang in the Hague, reaps dividends in elections. And we castigate the well meaning.
Mission accomplished.
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