Posted on 06/02/2014 7:19:26 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
Now that President Obama has proven Congress can’t stop him from releasing terrorists, the administration could be primed to empty out the prison at Guantanamo Bay.
President Obama released five Taliban leaders from the Guantanamo Bay detention facility on Saturday without consulting Congress and without strict assurances that the militants won’t somehow return to the fight.
Republicans on Capitol Hill worry that the swap of these Taliban leaders for American hostage Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl is a prelude to a bigger move—the emptying out of Guantanamo entirely.
In his 2014 State of the Union address, Obama promised to shutter the prison built on Cuban soil by the end of the year. Obama now has seven months to fulfill his latest promise to shut down Guantanamo—or come as close to it as he can. During that time, Congress will be unable to prevent the release of the 149 prisoners still there.
“This whole deal may have been a test to see how far the administration can actually push it, and if Congress doesn’t fight back they will feel more empowered to move forward with additional transfers,” said one senior GOP senate aide close to the issue. “They’ve lined up all the dominoes to be able to move a lot more detainees out of Guantanamo and this could be just the beginning.”
(Excerpt) Read more at thedailybeast.com ...
Odumbo will get his way one way or the other. Gotta get his friends released no matter what it takes.
Well duh. So what today 6/2/14 is Cruz or other brave reps and sens gonna say about it. Saying is the first step before doing.
And he will create a massive problem for his successor. If that is a Republican, then the mess will be the fault of the Republican. If it is Hillary, well, she and Obama have always disliked each other virulently, so she deserves it.
The actions of a malignant narcissist...
The facts as we know them will likely change in the coming days, but what we now hear is deeply disturbing. And as of today, the Pentagon and the White House have not addressed the most concerning of these allegations.
As to Defense Secretary Hagel’s assertion that we urgently had to make the deal to protect Berhdahl’s health, the media reported as early as June 2012 that a Gitmo prisoner swap for Bergdahl was in the works, even giving the accurate Taliban terrorist count contemplated in the deal. So what was the rush two years later?
I’m hoping that the actual facts are different than this. Obama's actions make no sense, except under a most-bizarre and frightening scenario.
Congress can stop him, but they won’t.
Hearings,Oh,boy,we’re gonna Hearings!
Our government is the potent, the omnipresent teacher. For good or for ill, it teaches the whole people by its example. Crime is contagious. If the government becomes a law-breaker, it breeds contempt for law; it invites every man to become a law unto himself; it invites anarchy.
— Government Quotes, by Louis D. Brandeis , Source: part of his dissent in the case “Olmstead v. United States”, 277 U.S. 438, 485 (1928)
the most congress can do is act after the fact. Impeach him. and keep impeaching him every day...tie the senate up in knots having to answer these charges every day, every week, every time.
Just set them free. In downtown DC.
Congress condemns...race card played
Congress threatens impeachment....race card played
Hate to say it, but whoever created this plan to put a radical, anti American Marxist with Islamic ties into a position where America and capitalism can be dismantled and a new world order created should be complimented on playing a fine game.
Donald Sterling was just another reminder that whoever speaks up will be condemned.
Is there anyone who will lead us in taking our country back?
I’ve said this on every thread pertaining to the so-called “prisoner swap”. This was a setup by Obama himself.
Sponsoring FReepers are contributing
$10 Each time a New Monthly Donor signs up!
Get more bang for your FR buck!
Click Here To Sign Up Now!
HaHa...good one.
Indeed. As long as Obama can get rid of five denizens of Guantanamo per swap, he’ll soon be trying to figure out how to get more of our soldiers kidnapped so he can fulfill his dream of closing it.
Or he could just skip the kidnapping phase and grant all of the terrorists a Presidential pardon. After all, he can’t run again for President and doesn’t give a krap about what anybody else thinks, including his fellow Democrats.
To Obama, Foreign Policy is a “moving target:” Release the Gitmo terrorists and then blast them to pieces with Obamadrones.
What a Nobel Piece Idea!
Well, the Dems in the Senate won’t impeach him under any circumstances.
December 31, 2014 – Direct U.S. involvement in Afghanistan ends.
January 1, 2015 – Obama directs release of remaining prisoners in Guantanamo.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.