[MichMash]

So is he trying to get a job with Osama Barrack or the Hildebeast?

[Road Warrior ‘04]

That Mullen guy is absolutely brilliant! /s

[pgkdan]

Bush should demand his resignation. Mullin needs t5o go!

[papasmurf]

I’d like to see Military Officers serving at the personal invitation of the President shut their public mouths down.

[Anti-Bubba182]

Actually what they should to is show the Gitmo facilities to US prison lifers with the offer that if they like the Gitmo house better they will be transported there and can have the house if you kill the present occupant. Then let nature take its course.

Also the Joint Chiefs chairman had no business making a comment like that.

[omega4179]

it is a prisoner of war camp, what is wrong with that? and the most comfortable and red cross monitored in history.

[JerseyDvl]

I despise these people who would like to shut down the most effective terrorist prison in the world for the sake of PR.
What a bunch of politically correct wussy morons.

[unspun]

Sorry, Fred.

Fred?

Fred?

[STARWISE]

What a blithering idiot ... jeeze.

[mmichaels1970]

Asked why he thinks Guantanamo Bay, commonly dubbed Gitmo, should be closed, and the prisoners perhaps moved to U.S. soil, Mullen said, "More than anything else it's been the image — how Gitmo has become around the world, in terms of representing the United States."

With all due respect, our "image" abroad doesn't, to me, seem to be a strong reason to make a major decision like this. We spend so much time trying to pacify and placate the rest of the world while our enemies continually thumb their noses at it. In a time of war, I think this puts us at a great disadvantage.

[MinuteGal]

This Joint Chief chairman must be smoking too many joints.

Someone should clue him in that once the Gitmo terrorists are dumped into our court system, these perps will have more civil rights and legal protections afforded them than American citizens enjoy today.....not to mention a free defense thanks to the poor schmuck American taxpayer.

Leni

[VxH]

Give the prisoners a trial and execute them or let them go.

This indefinite holding without due process is a repugnant reminder of how the British Empire behaved; resulting in a little tea party and revolution in 1776.

We were supposed to be different.

[Chgogal]

This on top of Hesham Islam’s and Gordon England’s firing of Stephen Coughlin! Why don’t we just fly the surrender flag instead of the Stars and Stripes?

Hey Mr. President, I don’t give a rat’s arse what the world thinks about us putting "Out of Uniform Barbarians" into Gitmo.

President Bush, I have lost all confidence in you. Shame on you and your pathetic appointments. Where are men with spines of steel when you need them? Disgusting!

Does anyone have a list of the “Out of Uniform Barbarians” that we have released from Gitmo who have gone back to the battlefield? I know there are a few.

[nckerr]

Maybe Huckabee wasn’t too wrong afterall. Maybe someone owes him kudos for being ahead of time.

[Nam Vet]

I say we should return them to the point of capture.

Of course, those areas are quite hazardous and we wouldn't want any of our brave troops harmed in any way.

Therefore, giving them the boot from 30,000 to 35,000 feet as they pass over that capture point should provide the safety our people need while insuring a speedy return to the terrorists home er... ground.

Nam Vet

[napscoordinator]

He is in charge of the military and would bet he has more information than you do to makes this very well informed decision. I am not saying that I agree with it but I guarantee he thought this threw carefully and did not do it for political reasons. Besides the war started winning as soon as the Navy got involved. When the Army was incharge it was a dismal failure. The Navy and Marine Corps changed the entire thing. The Navy should be thanked and not mocked.

[MarkL]

You know, I've given this a lot of thought... I think that Gitmo should be closed too, but we can't just release the prisoners onto the street. They need to be relocated. And after a lot of careful thought, I found the perfect place.

There's a building in New York City, and while it's not really set up to act as a prison right now, all it would take is building a wall around the building, installing some concertina wire and guard turrets. I'm sure that the staff would welcome the additional, right thinking residents. The address is:620 Eighth Avenue, between 40th and 41st Streets in NYC. It's called "The New York Times Building."

Mark

[peyton randolph]

Adm. Mike Mullen

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His job is to maintain the most effective killing force on the planet to preserve our national security.

Image? He should be demoted and given a general discharge. Let him spend retirement as a CNN talking-head clymer.

[Centurion2000]

Kick this pansy out ... Where’s Al Gray? We need a field Marine running things again.

[G Larry]

YUP!

He and our DNI chief, McConnell, are kissing liberal butt, to ensure their respective political/career futures.

[xzins]

Here’s the important principle in my mind: allow military commanders to make military decisions. If the CJCS thinks Guantanamo is a drain and a PITA, then he’s in a better position to make that call than I am.

Housing POWs IS a MILITARY call and should NOT involve all the crap that the military has to put up with at gitmo.

If the politicians want to keep Guantanamo open, then let them allow the FBI or the Fed Pen System to run it.

Every president I’ve ever respected has said that commanders should run the military, especially in wartime.