In the latest example of President Obama having his cake and eating it too on the detention center at Guantanamo Bay, he has angrily expressed his “strong objection” to a Congressional measure that would block his promised closure of the facility. Then, he signed it.
According to his official statement, even though he has “consistently opposed” the effort to block the closure (which is a flat out lie, because his administration has praised previous Congressional efforts which also did that), he signed the bill because of how important he thinks his assorted 2011 wars are, and the bill also includes some (though not all) of the funding for those wars.
Obama went on to insist that prosecutions in federal court, which the bill blocks, are a “powerful tool” for the administration. Though he initially halted military tribunals and promised to move forward with such prosecutions, he has since restarted the tribunals and openly insists a number of the detainees will be held forever and never charged with anything at all. The White House insists it “regrets” that move too, but is also doing it anyhow.
Though the administration has repeatedly insisted that they are “determined’ to closing the detention center, the president has made absolutely no serious efforts to do so in over a year, and has repeatedly signed executive orders and bills which would make the eventual closure even more difficult. It seems difficult then to take his “objections” as anything more than a political bone thrown to supporters who voted for him in the hopes that he would follow through with his pledge to close the facility.
Ergo the Gitmo remains unbroken. Way to go President Human Rights Violation. Torture 'R' Us.
Obama is a disgrace to the Office Of President Of the United States Of America.
He has lied and cheated from the day he was elected to this office.
Thank God he will only be a Öne Term"President because no one in their right mind will ever vote for him again.
However it remains to be seen how much more damage he will do to the Office Of President in his remaining time in power.. The credibility of America's foreign policy is in tatters and the word of the President of the greatest and most powerful nation in the world is not worth one mexican peso.
I have to warn you that most voters don't give a shit what a president does while in office. Whether Obama gets reelected or not depends on only one factor: whether the unemployment rate is steadily dropping or not. Every election is just a referendum on the economy. If it is doing well or at least improving, then the president's party benefits. Otherwise, the other party does.
Another example of Obama saying one thing while really wanting and getting the exact opposite.
What the US has shown the rest of the world since Obama took office is that the crimes of the Bush administration were not an aberration, but rather they are systemic.
Look, he was against that legislation, before he was for it. What's the big deal?
Did someone say Hope and Change? I thought it sounded a lot like Bait and Switch.
Obama is a liar and a disgrace. Allah(swt) knows his heart and will deal with him accordingly. Better pack some asbestos pants, there, buddy- isha'Allah you'll need those.
Ah. But he ain't Muslim, so he will probably have to judged by another Deity. Not Amataresu though.
If he believes in God, then he will indeed be judged by Allah, because God IS Allah. However, I don't really think Obama is concerned about his post-life fate very much; as long as he gets his 'treasures on earth' that's enough to sell his soul for. I don't hate Obama, rather I feel sad for him, such a waste.
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None of them believes in god. To them god is power. They're all hypocrites and use whatever is available to them to get into power and stay there.
That's a matter of opinion. If you ask the Teabagger, they'll tell you he's a Muslim. In fact, they're willing to kill you in order to show it to you.
This guy has tons of ego and not an iota of shame. He’s a continuation of the Neo-Nazis that came before him.
1-When did god come into this latest discussion about closing gitmo and what did he had to do with it I have no idea. Obama is elected by those whom are beneficial in US being involved in a endless wars around the world, here few or more people would die in gitmo or other inhuman prisons created by US militarism regime and Obama would not care about it at all, this man was selected and elected to tell the world that US is not a fascist – military regime, as George W. Bush and his father was, and for that reason he happens to be Black American where the mechanism in doing propaganda has fooled liberals whom were hoping for change to vote for him .
2-Look bottom line is this, if democracy ever was functioning in US or for that matter in EU no one would be sleeping in street nor there would be any homeless people.., look around you, we have millions of people looking for work yet you have to stay a long time in lines in post office and other places to get your post sent. If democracy was ever functioning then the 40 million uninsured people would not be used to create the Obama healthcare reform where they.., who didn’t have anything to start with.., now have to pay for what they don’t have.., he would simply have come up with the idea in a universal single pay system for everyone.., then every one would have been insured. In another words, he would have kept his promises, listened to people and delivered them…, for god sake he is the president and the democrats hade the majority in both house and senate.
Aaaaah, I'm so very proud of our resident liar, our cheater in chief, our honorable Nobel Piss Price laureate. He makes Amerika so proud.
Wow, what a fu**ing surprise…
I supported Obama because I really thought he would be different – man , was I wrong !
How the hell did he get the Nobel Peace Prize ? Did someone buy it for him ?
The Dems and Reps are like Pepsi and Coke – different flavor but both are Colas !
Our economy is tanking , the debt-ceiling is a clusterf#@k either way , banks are taking homes without proper paperwork , QE2 is an inflationary sham , Iraq , Afghanistan and now we are in another unofficial war with Pakistan with no end in sight !
If there was ever a time when we needed a Third party – this is it !
Oh, thank goodness! I live in constant fear that Justice & Reason will break loose at any moment.
Imagine the purgatory of those held; they are a millstone about the neck of the political system & the longer they are held the more embarrassing the situation to that old reprobate, Uncle Sam.
Perhaps is time for American people to see that a president is not much of a deal but rather another cheating and lying president as many of sort before. Perhaps is time for American people to see that a president is only a president without being a man of his word.., therefore they shouldent accept much of him.