As word gets out that Barack Obama will sign an executive order to close Guantanamo early in his Presidency, the facts keep getting in the way. The real question is, “What do you do with the prisoners?” The latest statistics show that 11 per cent of the Guantanamo prisoners that have been released have shown up later on the battlefield. As a military mom of an active duty Marine, the idea of releasing people to shoot at our soldiers is obscene. One of the suggestions to put the prisoners in prisons on military bases in America has already met with strong resistance. Terrorists have been trained to kill innocent people. Why in the world would we want to run the risk of bringing them into this country? I also heard one suggestion that if Barack Obama closes Guantanamo, he should put the prisoners in a tent city on the White House lawn.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
As word gets out that Barack Obama will sign an executive order to close Guantanamo early in his Presidency, the facts keep getting in the way. The real question is, “What do you do with the prisoners?” The latest statistics show … Continue reading