White House: Closing Gitmo a 'Hasty Decision'

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White House: Closing Gitmo a 'Hasty Decision' By David Paul Kuhn

White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs said closing the detention center at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, was a “hasty decision,” in his daily press briefing with reporters.

President Obama’s decision to close the controversial detention center in the early days of his presidency was met with adulation on the political left and earned headlines in newspapers across the world. It was seen as a clear break from Bush-era national security policy.

But recently Obama has irked many liberals with his decision to continue Bush-era military commissions to try Guantanamo Bay prisoners and his decision not to release photographs allegedly depicting U.S. soldiers abusing detainees in Afghanistan and Iraq. To an extent, this break with the political left is indicative of the difference between campaigning and governing.

Gibbs' comment appears to affirm some White House critics who argued that closing Guantanamo Bay was a policy shift easier said than done.

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Jimmy Carter redux.........

[Lurker]

That popping sound you hear is heads exploding at The Daily Kos and DU.

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[goodnesswins]

Oh, really....well....maybe taking over the banks, the auto companies, etc....was a “little hasty.” SHEESH.

[Star Traveler]

Hmmm..., it sounded like that plastic bubble-wrap that I like to pop... LOL...

[Hegemony Cricket]

Never let your mouth write a check your governing body can’t cash...

[Dog]

When was the last time we have had a President climb back off a limb he put himself out on......simple amazing.

[nufsed]

It wasn’t hasty. It is just wrong. OB has been preaching it to the kool aid line for two years.

[synbad600]

Hasty??? Hasn’t he been blathering about that since the primaries?

[Dog]

Amen.

[Iron Munro]

Not a “hasty decision” so much as a poorly thought out campaign ploy.

[jazusamo]

Obambi flips again.

[keepitreal]

So our president is prone to hasty decisions? I thought he was the most judicious president ever.

How many more of the decisions made in the last 4 months have been hasty? Most?

[cyclotic]

Nope, couldn’t see that coming (sarc)

[Huskrrrr]

Hoist that moistened finger Obozo! Which flip-flop will be next?

[PJBankard]

Ping

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White House: Closing Gitmo a 'Hasty Decision'
Those who voted for 'The Chosen One' made a similar mistake.

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Deja politics = Seen this politicrap before. Did not work then won’t work now.

[cvq3842]

He only had two years to decide to do it.

Or maybe Obama doesn’t absorb the substance of the speeches he gave - they just went from eye to mouth without transiting into the brain.

Or he just said it to get elected, and now can turn on a dime knowing his supporters are stuck with him.

[RexBeach]

Mr. Obama is going to make Mr. Carter look like Douglas MacArthur.

OMG.

[Dubya-M-DeesWent2SyriaStupid!]

To an extent, this break with the political left is indicative of the difference between campaigning and governing.

LMAO so Obama will quit campaigning now? I doubt it.