Democrats Refuse To Fund Gitmo Closure

May 4, 2009 · Filed Under Politics

This from the AP:

House Democrats are refusing to pay for President Barack Obama’s plan to relocate prisoners from the Guantanamo detention facility where enemy combatants are being held.

Obama has signed an executive order to close the facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, by early next year. But the Pentagon has yet to come up with a plan on where to put the 240 or so prisoners. Between 50-100 are likely to be sent to the United States.

This is of course, because the desire to close Gitmo on the part of democrats was primarily about opposing and smearing Bush — not about real opposition to Gitmo.

Even when Gitmo does close, many of the detainees will be moved to another facility that will be exactly like Gitmo just with a new name.

In fact, they should keep Gitmo open but just rename it. How about “Detainment facility for persons involved in man-caused disasters.”