"I can't make it any more clear." "We will never allow terrorists to be released in the United States." Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev)
"For months, we have been saying what Senate Democrats now acknowledge: that because the administration has no plan for what to do with the 240 detainees at Guantanamo, it would be irresponsible and dangerous for the Senate to appropriate the money to close it." Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY)
In what may appear to be an unusual crushing defeat for popular President Barack Obama, was a resounding vote of NO from congress as it relates to him receiving funding to help close Gitmo.
The president previously pledged to close the detainee prison camp by January of 2010.
However today congressmen and women from both sides of the political spectrum were spot on as they agreed closing Gitmo would be a huge mistake, adversely impacting the safety of our entire nation.
No one has forgotten what Terrorists did to our country on 9-11. Better yet no one wants to forget.
The prisoners/ detainees currently housed at Gitmo are there NOT for chewing gum as Speaker Pelosi so eloquently put it, they are there for committing horrible acts against American people, on our soil.
Releasing those detainees as a means of protecting their Human Rights may seem like a good idea, but considering the circumstances it isn't prudent nor in the best interest of our national security.
What about the Human Rights of 3,000 innocent American citizens who met an untimely demise at the hands of cold-blooded, homicidal murderers eight years ago?
No offense to President Obama but we're talking hardcore Terrorists and Killers here, NOT regular criminals or regular gangsters.
Many of those detainees were trained almost from birth to hate and destroy Americans.
They are not without the help of the Lord Jesus Christ, able to be rehabilitated.
With this knowledge why should our government release these trained combatants into our communities around our families, schools, hospitals, churches, jobs, etc.,
I still believe that Torture is wrong.
On the other hand unless we are going to prosecute and execute the Gitmo detainees for their heinous crimes, they should remain imprisoned there, indefinitely.
Do I hate the detainees? No.
Am I preaching hate towards them. I hope not because that isn't my intention.
However I'm still not foolish enough to open my door to a Terrorist or Terrorist wannabe without thinking they could so easily chop my head off.
Thank you Congress for voting to keep Gitmo closed. Wise Choice!
(MSNBC reports on why Congress refused to close Gitmo.)
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