Posted on 08/20/2015 5:52:45 PM PDT by Citizen Zed
Pentagon chief Ashton Carter issued a strong statement Thursday in support of closing the United States military prison at Guantanamo Bay.
At a press conference at the Pentagon, Carter said the military prison in Cuba should be closed before President Barack Obama leaves his post in 2016.
“This is not something, in my judgment, that we should leave to the next president,” Carter said, according to AFP.
The defense secretary's reasons for wanting to close Guantanamo — something Obama made a cornerstone of his campaign back in 2009 — are manifold.
"As long as this detention facility remains open, it will remain a rallying cry for jihadi propaganda," Carter said. "It's expensive. ... And not something the president wants to leave to his successor."
Congress has previously opposed measures to transfer detainees to the US mainland.
"Our responsibility is to provide [Congress] with a plan that they can consider that is a responsible one so that people ... can make up their minds," Carter said.
If and when Guantanamo does close, some of the remaining prisoners are to be transferred to other countries while others will likely be headed to US soil.
Carter said the most promising transfer sites on US soil include the military prison at Fort Leavenworth, Kan., and the naval brig at Charleston, S.C.
"That does not mean those sites will be chosen," he added, according to USA Today.
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Zer0 should go before Gitmo.
Zer0 should go before Gitmo.
And give the base back to Cuba?
But if the prisoners are transferred anywhere else, it will not be a rallying cry for jihadi propaganda?>>>>>>>>>>>>
Jihad? What jihad?
Obama has renewed diplomatic ties with Cuba. Guantanamo is leased from the Cuban government, and Obama is going to pay millions to Cuba in rental arrears and return the base to Cuba. Watch for the news soon.
Not Satire?
Ashton Carter has no interest in national defense. He has a strong interest in doing what he’s told and rising up high in the party.
That they were not all hanged at 11:59 am on 1/20/09 is unforgivable.
. And give the base back to Cuba?...
When the lease runs out, it should be leveled to the ground by us, e erything hauled off, and returned to the tropical jungle it once was. This includes runways.
We can be assured that when we leave that the Russians, Chinese, or maybe e en Mideast terrorists will be the next tenants just 90 miles from USA soil.
Better idea. Let’s keep Gitmo and move The Dictator into it.
Active Duty ping.
That would be Jihad if there were any violent Jihad, which there is not.
We obviously need to shut down Gitmo' BEFORE it causes Violent Jihad to start.
“Our responsibility is to provide [Congress] with a plan that they can consider that is a responsible one so that people … can make up their minds,” he said.
If the GOP-controlled Congress approves this, then we know we are governed by the Uniparty.
No problem. We can release the jihadis in Bethesda and McLean. Somehow I don’t think beltway pig Ash Carter will want that.
I’m old enough to remember when heads of the Pentagon were for America and pro-defense.
The heads maybe but the Left got their panties in a collective twist when the House Committee on Un-American Activies was routing out fifth columnists in the State Department and US military. "HOW DARE YOU QUESTION THEIR PATRIOTISM???"
For all the Cuban leftist commies reading this, the whole Guantanamo Guano is just a cover for the US establishing a bio-warfare research center there. They have already begun testing their war virus on the prisoners who are mutating.
Lets hope that none of these dangerous biohazrds are released into the Cuban population by mistake!
“Ash Carter” is doing a fantastic job of faggotizing and weakening the US military.
They used to call that TREASON
TREASON:
Under Article III, Section 3, of the Constitution, any person who levies war against the United States or adheres to its enemies by giving them Aid and Comfort has committed treason within the meaning of the Constitution. The term aid and comfort refers to any act that manifests a betrayal of allegiance to the United States, such as furnishing enemies with arms, troops, transportation, shelter, or classified information. If a subversive act has any tendency to weaken the power of the United States to attack or resist its enemies, aid and comfort has been given.
Ashton Carter sucks as does 0bama, they both should go now.
Fine. Give the inmates a drum head Court Martial and hang them. Feed the corpses to sharks.
Then close Gitmo.
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