Posted on 07/13/2016 7:21:40 AM PDT by RoosterRedux
Donald Trump talks about the Bowe Bergdahl trade and why he is not only opposed to closing Guantanamo Bay, but wants to add more terrorists caught on the battle field to the U.S. military prison. Trump called Bergdahl the "five-for-one" traitor. Trump spoke Monday night at a campaign rally in Westfield, Indiana where he was introduced by Gov. Mike Pence, a potential choice for Vice President.
"He deserted," Trump said of Bergdahl, after describing the trade President Obama made to have him returned to the U.S. "Remember the old day, a deserter, what happened? Bang. 20 years ago, it was bang, but slowly. Ten years ago it was long prison. Today they are probably talking about nothing. That is where we've come. But I call him the five-for-one."
"So we get Bergdahl, right, a traitor. And they get five of the most vicious killers that they have, that they've been after for nine years to get them out and they bring them and they are back on the battlefield trying to kill everybody, including us," Trump said.
"This stuff is going to stop, folks. And Gitmo, we're not closing Gitmo. We're going to fill it up. We're not closing Gitmo. We're not closing Gitmo," Trump said to applause.
(Excerpt) Read more at realclearpolitics.com ...
Obama is going to empty it out and hand it back to the Castros before he leaves office.
I don’t know if he can do that without a treaty requiring Congressional approval.
Sure he can. He does EVERYTHING without Congressional approval and they never say “boo” about it.
As Commander in Chief he orders the Navy to abandon the post. The Cubans come in, reclaim it, and send the remaining prisoners off to other destinations. Entirely plausible IMHO.
There’s the matter of the title transfer. That requires a legal right to transfer...and that requires something like a treaty.
Not conservative enough, huh?
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.