Poll finds most Americans oppose the closing of Gitmo

Flopping Aces ^ | 06-02-09 | Wordsmith

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A painted marker in a recreation yard points the direction to Mecca at Camp Delta where detainees are held at the United States Naval Base in Guantanamo Bay, January 18, 2006. REUTERS/Joe Skipper
While Dick Cheney is not backing down from his claims regarding enhanced interrogations conducted in the early days of the war on terror, a recent poll, for whatever these are worth, has it that most Americans are in agreement with Dick Cheney's belief that Guantanamo should remain open for business, the least bad option.

USA Today:

WASHINGTON — Americans are overwhelmingly opposed to closing the detention center for suspected terrorists at Guantanamo Bay and moving some of the detainees to prisons on U.S. soil, a USA TODAY/Gallup Poll finds.

By more than 2-1, those surveyed say Guantanamo shouldn't be closed. By more than 3-1, they oppose moving some of the accused terrorists housed there to prisons in their own states.

The findings underscore the difficult task President Obama faces in convincing those at home that he should follow through on his campaign promise to close the prison in Cuba, especially in the absence of a plan of where the prisoners would go.

Well, at least he was able to keep his campaign promise to his wife. That's gotta count as a feather in his cap.

In many parts of the world, however, Gitmo has become a symbol of U.S. arrogance and abuse, and Obama has cited its closure as a way to lay the foundation for better relations. He is scheduled to deliver a major address aimed at the Muslim world on Thursday from Cairo.

How about using his political capital with the Muslim world to convince them that Guantanamo is a paradise compared to any other prison/detention facility in the world? How about this: Change the name. Don't call it "Gitmo". Change the perception. It's not a "gulag". Call it ‘Al muntazah al-dini lilmujaheden al Muslimin,’: "The Religion Resort for Islamic Militants.”

That should restore America's image. [sarcasm] Because being loved by the rest of the world is vastly more important than doing what's right. [/sarcasm] And if the two are in alignment, then all is harmonious and right with the world.

As for the possibility of finding new homes overseas, no one wants 'em; or those that might will want to torture them (you know....real torture):

[The Flying Dutchman]

Poll finds most Americans voted for Obama.

You people have doomed yourselves.

[NMEwithin]

It doesn’t matter...to Obama, the fact he won the election is all the mandate he needs to do whatever he wants to do. Polls DO NOT matter to this administration. The will of the American people DO NOT matter...

[Vaquero]

Poll finds most Americans oppose the closing of Gitmo

NEWS FLASH! Barack Hussein Obama, the all high elitist snob messiah, could give a rats @$$ what the American people want.

[Leg Olam]

‘In many parts of the world, however, Gitmo has become a symbol of U.S. arrogance and abuse’

Ok, send them to those ‘parts of the world’.

[Redbob]

"While Dick Cheney is not backing down... a recent poll... has it that most Americans are in agreement with Dick Cheney's belief that Guantanamo should remain open..."

They're saying that, in spite of Dick Cheney's frequent speeches showing that Guantanamo is and was necessary, the American people still favor keeping it open?
So: Dick Cheney's public speaking is more effective than USA Today would like to credit, eh?

[skimask]

Oh my the foul mouthed children over at the DUmp are NOT going to like this poll. They will make up some excuse as to why it was heavily Republican/Christian weighted. Then they will claim the “Moral High Ground”. When most of the country is, contrary to what their simple self centered minds think, “Reality Based”. The simpletons at the DUmp are so far from reality they would have to travel at warp 7 speed to get there.