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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He thinks he is.
King Nothing sure seems to think so.
Realization has hit home for many
I am sure part of the talks with Iran will include the immediate release of all these detainees. In exchange we will get assurances that Israel will not get nuked, at least not right away.
Hitting the “pause” button? This guy has no business answering the red phone. This country is now as vulnerable as it was on September 10th.
Bay satisfied that the president has not yet decided to abolish the current system of prosecuting suspected terrorists.
this is so much bull..he has too decided, he just didn’t have the gonads to tell 40 family members who would have gone off on him..he was too chicken to state exactly where he stands..IMHO..
That explains why he ordered their prosecutions halted.
He thinks they're that stupid.
It was all so easy for His Excellency when it was all only just words...
And the SOB has gone off to a “retreat” at camp David already. After all the screeching about Bush and his vacations, the media sure likes to give Zero plenty of room.
Do the terrorists have a “pause” button?
King Nothing............I LOVE IT!!!!!
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.
Didn’t this prick just drop all charges against the mastermind of the U.S.S. Cole attack? Had one of my kids been on that ship, I would have spit in his smug face in that meeting.
How 'bout you keep your hands away from ANY BUTTONS???
Pause Button for those that had their LIVES RIPPED APART - YOU MAGGOT!!!!
YOU SPENT AN HOUR???? talking to 40 PEOPLE...AND ALL YOU GAVE THEM WAS AN HOUUUUURRR???????? YOU USELESS POS
Our enemies are laughing their rear ends off and rubbing their hands together while plotting our destruction. Zero, Pelosi, and Reid are an American disgrace. Our ancestors are rolling in their graves in disgust.
White Guy: Is He Having A Problem?
Black Guy: Don't Know. I Saw Him Do It In Front Of Soros.
White Guy: How High Did He Rise Up?
Black Guy: Bumped His Head On The Ceiling!
He is such a liar. The families should not accpet his garbage. He wants to import hundreds of thousands of Palestinian (Hamas and other Muslim) refugees and he has already signed it. He wants more muslims in America and he is doing EXACTLY what left wing politicians did in the UK.
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