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Originally Posted by directfiesta
Well, he tried ( not very hard .. ) but congress made that impossible .
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I thought the spirit of his promise was made so that the U.S. would stop detaining prisoners forever with no trial? All Congress can do is deny funding to transfer those prisoners to U.S. prisons.
How come he didn't just let them go? They don't have any pertinent info after being in Gitmo for a dozen years so it's not like we're getting any great intel from them.
I read we are spending 140 million a year to run that place.
Obama just didn't have the balls to do what he was voted in to do. He thought it would make him look "weak" politically, and just like all fucking politicians.....he cares more for his power than doing the right thing.