Posted on 02/07/2009 5:32:44 PM PST by Kaslin
President Obama assured relatives and victims of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks and the bombing of the USS Cole that he is keeping an open mind about how to handle the approximately 245 detainees held at the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay, according to participants in an hour-long meeting yesterday at the White House.
The president met with about 40 family members and victims, who hold different views on his decision to close the prison in Cuba within a year. The exchange, which was sometimes passionate but never acrimonious, left some who were deeply skeptical of the administration's decision to suspend military commissions at Guantanamo Bay satisfied that the president has not yet decided to abolish the current system of prosecuting suspected terrorists.
Obama told the group that he was only hitting the "pause button" when he sought the suspension of proceedings against 21 detainees, including Khalid Sheik Mohammed, the self-proclaimed mastermind of the Sept. 11 attacks. And he assured the group that he wants the swift prosecution of those responsible for the terrorist attacks and their facilitators.
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Probably made pretty little promises to them. I wonder if he gave them money.
I would have went but the SS would have had to restrain me from this POS.
I notice no mention of Debra Burlingame
“Burlingame, who wants Gitmo to remain open, said the meeting didn’t change her mind, but helped her understand Obama’s point of view.”
He certainly seems to be in quite the hurry...
Woe to the inhabiters of the earth and of the sea! for the devil is come down unto you, having great wrath, because he knoweth that he hath but a short time.
Pause for more BS from the ONE or is Zero
You should have seen the post I just erased. But they would have thrown me off for sure!
Qualified to be a rat catcher yes - dog catcher no. After all Muzzies hate dogs!
There’s more than 50 of us...he promised he would.
Here I fixed it for you
ps I know you were being sarcastic but I think this is better
I was listening to Metallica while FReeping and King Nothing came up.
POS
Oops...hundred should be “hundreds”.
Just take a look at that arrogant excuse of a human being. I could just throw up seeing his ugly mug
Thanks...hubby and I are just so mad we could spit. Hubby rides with the patriot guard and feels so badly for those who lost loved ones and this crappy pres doesn’t have a clue about understanding what they went and are going through....even more now, because of him. What a jerk.
SORRY, NO OFFENSE, BUTT I WON’T EVEN READ THIS, HE MAKES ME AS SICK AS I’VE EVER BEEN ABOUT A FELLOW HUMAN BEING
Well that clears it up. These families have been made to understand that the dark prince is simply pushing the pause button on seeking justice for the deaths of Americans. Nothing to get angry about. He's given his assurance that all will be righted. /s
One wonders what he was doing and saying on 911?
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