We should keep it open. The issue of this thread is whether the Chairman of the JCS went off the reservation with his statement that we should close it as soon as possible. If you read the entire article and see the caveats Mullen makes about the problems of closing Gitmo, he really isn’t saying anything different than Bush and Gates have been saying. This is a MSM attempt to create the impression of controversy within the Aministration where none really exists.
I do not like it when the men we depend on use silly excuses like, “We should close Gitmo because the world does not like it.” I want men of steel to be our leaders, especially in war time. I do not like it when President Bush says it. I do not like it when those words come out of namby-pamby men he appoints. We are at war. If we are at war then “Out or Uniform Barbarians” should be kept in prison at the very least. I expect strength of character and strong will from men in the position of the President, Chairman of the JCS, Secretary of Defense and the Deputy Secretary to the Secretary of Defense. If men want to be leaders, then they should damn well lead, especially in time of war.