You have to remember that our General and “our” military guys (not Weasley Clark and Obama’s lackeys) are wholly against closing GITMO and repatriating the detainees back to their countries of origin”
Does that mean that General Petraeus has changed his mind from his earlier response to the plan? I looked for a more recent statement from him on the subject, but I couldn’t find one.
Petraeus Backs Closing Gitmo
May 27, 2009
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty
http://www.military.com/news/article/petraeus-backs-closing-gitmo.html
Petraeus supports closure of Guantanamo
By Greg Bluestein - The Associated Press
Posted : Monday Jun 1, 2009 11:22:16 EDT
http://www.armytimes.com/news/2009/05/ap_petraeus_gitmoclosing_052909w/
Damn. Shame is mine for not remembering that John McCain stood behind General Petraeus when he went haywire on us with his Geneva Convention stuff regarding torture. I had completely forgotten (or shut-out) Petraeus’ speech regarding the closing of GITMO for “world opinion”. It was so out of character and I don’t recall the media picking it up and running with it.
FWIW, I never took issue with McCain on torture because he experienced torture, but I wanted to, because our own troops undergo waterboarding as part of training and waterboarding proved effective if VP Cheney is to be believed and I believe VP Cheney.
Thank you for setting me and the record straight.