WH: 'We Will Close Gitmo Because It is Bad for Our National Security and Because It's Too Costly'

Cybercast News Service ^ | January 11, 2016 | 7:01 AM EST | Susan Jones

[Olog-hai]

Congress has expressly forbidden President Obama from transferring prisoners from Guantanamo Bay, Cuba to the United States, but White House Chief of Staff Denis McDonough shrugged it off on Sunday.

"What the president just said is, he's going to work with Congress, present them a plan to close (the prison), and then he'll make some final determinations," McDonough told Fox News Sunday.

"But let me be clear, the president has said from the beginning of this administration that we will close Gitmo because it's bad for our national security and because it's too costly -- $4 million per year per detainee in that facility. That's a travesty. ...

[bgill]

If he claims it’s $4 million per detainee, then he can flip those dollars into his retirement account. You think I’m kidding.

[Roger Kaputnik]

“...it’s too costly — $4 million per year per detainee in that facility.”

Yeah, but we can afford to pay +$4 million for the Obama’s to vacation in Hawai’i 2-3 times every year.

*Snort*

[E. Pluribus Unum]

Four million dollars a year is too costly?

We spend more than that every year flying Obola to his golf junkets.

[Olog-hai]

They’re collaborators. Calling them “gutless wonders” implies that they were conservative at one time.

[M Kehoe]

You know what gives me a laugh every two or three years? Is the Castro brothers getting a small check from the U.S. Treasury every year for the Gitmo lease.

Hahaha...

5.56mm

[Paladin2]

Where are the fire extinguishers?

[blueyon]

No funding your Syria Bro’s is what is to costly...................since they get SS if they can not find a job within a few months,housing and all the other goodies.

[Sasparilla]

4 million costs too much? Zero spends more than that on a single vacation

[Feckless]

because it's too costly

Says the Marxist, Mooslim, Kenyan, Steaming Pant Load Sissy Boy POS that has doubled the national debt by giving iPhones to "his people" among other things.

[tbpiper]

When was he ever concerned about over spending our money?

[MrEdd]

How about using Johnston Atoll?

[zeugma]

It costs less than one of his vacations.

[MortMan]

Not to mention the white house cocaine budget.

[culper jr]

Aren’t democrats bad for national security and cost too much? Can we stop that too?

[pluvmantelo]

Compared to the Syrian rebel training, the Gitmo costs are cheap.

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The “training” part of the program - which managed to field only “four or five” Syrian rebels into the battle against ISIS at a $50 million price tag - has been halted, according to senior defense officials.
(NBC news, Oct. 9 2015)

[SunkenCiv]

It's a great place for all the 'refugees' to start a new life. Let Castro complain about that. Thanks Olog-hai.

[Verginius Rufus]

In theory Obama can release every last prisoner at Gitmo before he leaves office without anyone being able to stop him. But can he hand over the base to Castro before he leaves office? Would Congress be able to prevent that? What if he just ordered all US personnel to evacuate Gitmo and then did nothing as the Cubans occupied the base?

[ColdOne]

"What the president just said is, he's going to work with Congress....................I bet he is.

[JimRed]

It’s still a quiet little naval station...

[JimRed]

Just tell the Prisoners that the Bologna is Halal.

Or permit them to choose martyrdom by starvation; give them the choice.