I wonder if during his State of the Union speech Obama will mention his failure to make good on his campaign promise to close the prison at Guantanamo Bay.
My prediction: NO
From the Washington Times:
Two years ago this week, President Obama issued a sweeping executive order promising to shutter the Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, detention center within a year. Today, it's still open and running with little prospect of that changing in the near future.
Mr. Obama says he is still committed to closing the prison at the U.S. naval base in Cuba, which remains — in his words — a marquee recruitment tool for terrorists. But the administration's failure to see through one of Mr. Obama's first pledges as president is also symbolic — a stark indicator of the limits of presidential power and the difficulty of converting his hope-and-change campaign message into concrete action.
"I think I'd be dead by now if I were holding my breath" that Mr. Obama would make good on his Guantanamo vow, said Code Pink co-founder Medea Benjamin, whose antiwar group continues to protest the White House over the Guantanamo prison as it did under President Bush.
Disappointed, Leftists?
3 comments:
Yes.
Yes. But when the obstructionist GOP eliminates funding (to move prisoners or conduct trials) it makes the critique a bit silly and shallow.
Obama had two years with total control of the legislature.
Republicans didn't have the power to obstruct him.
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