Guantanamo Bay

President Obama said that he will close Guantanamo Bay as soon as possible. However, is this message consistent with what George Bush implemented in his 8 years. Although US intelligence has not been 100% accurate lately, there is probably a good reason why they are holding these detainees that are extremely dangerous. Now there is a greater risk that acts of terrorism will be committed in the US and worldwide.

There is a concern that once released they will continue to engage in terrorism in the future. Before Obama took office there was a report that 18 former detainees are confirmed to have participated in attacks, and 43 are suspected to be involved is attacks. Once someone has engaged in activities and developed habits, it is hard for them to break them. I saw on the news that former detainees were being cleansed by coloring and drawing pictures. Just exactly how is this helping them not commit acts of terror.

What was the point of the “war on terror” when we are just going to release them and run off into the sunset? Just exactly what kind of message is this sending to the people fighting in Iraq, and to those that have lost their lives in the process. Why have we spent time to capture these people, and then just release them.

The main concern is that why all of a sudden we need to play God by sending a message to the rest of the world, while the terrorists the US are holding want to hurt our people and destroy our country. Why are we putting ourselves in a riskier situation. Since September 11, 2001 there have been no terrorist attacks on the US. With the release of the detainees we are now more vulnerable to attacks. This is a bad move on behalf of the president that will create more problems than rewards in the future. The president has enough to manage currently with the financial situation, and he does not need any more issues to complicate the matter.

As of yet there have been no economic decisions made by President Obama, while daily thousands of people are losing their jobs.


Links:
http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/01/26/gitmo.next/index.html?iref=newssearch
http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/01/28/obama.first.week/index.html?iref=newssearch
http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/01/28/US.Iran.change/index.html?iref=newssearch