Posted on 10/15/2009 12:41:19 AM PDT by myknowledge
GUANTANAMO BAY NAVY BASE, Cuba -- Here in the land of limbo, the news of President Barack Obama's Nobel Peace Prize landed with more of a whimper than wild enthusiasm among those waging their part in the war on terror.
Most troops interviewed this week reflected the surprise of their commander in chief on waking up to the news Friday morning. More than a few hadn't heard about the award for the president who pledged to empty the prison camps here until they were asked about it in an interview with The Miami Herald.
``I've been fishing,'' said Navy Petty Officer Daniel LeBoy, 23, of Puerto Rico, a Yeoman Third Class who was mobilized from a personnel job on a West Coast aircraft carrier.
Now he walks the cellblocks in Camps One, Two and Three on 12-hour shifts and mostly shuns the news, he said. ``But I think it's a great thing,'' he said Wednesday, crediting Obama's campaign to ``reach out to the entire world'' with a message of friendship.
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Yeah, I hope they get relocated to the White House lawn.
What can I say? Liberals are douche bags and always take up for their own. :(
Speaking of Gitmo...
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Plans to close Gitmo anger 9/11 victims’ families
AP via WTOP.com News ^ | January 20, 2009 - 3:32am | By BEN FOX,
Posted on January 20, 2009 2:48:21 AM PST by Cindy
GUANTANAMO BAY NAVAL BASE, Cuba (AP) - Plans to close Guantanamo are not sitting well with the Sept. 11 victims’ relatives who sat stunned while two alleged terrorists declared they were proud of their role in the plot.
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Gitmo is becoming an infected sore on Barry’s behind.
Makes me want to cackle like Hillary.
Yeah, I hope they get relocated to the White House lawn.
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How about the WH living quarters?
And plan more 9/11 style attacks.
Yuk Yuh - - - No Bell Whirled Peas Prize
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