On-Again, Off-Again on Guantanamo
Kagro X claims that the Administration has said they would shut Guantanamo a couple times in the past, always in June, only to have Fourthbranch shut down any possibility. So maybe yesterday's aborted meeting on Guantanamo shutdown was by design. But apparently the meeting was scheduled until the press leak. It makes sense that they would cancel it after the leak, because of the expected uproar among the conservative base. But they did schedule something to discuss a base closure that at least a majority of the Administration seeks. I think that's different from the President saying "Of course I want to close Guantanamo" and then backtracking by saying "but they're the worst terrists evah." I think there's something more going on here, and if they can get around Fourthbranch I think we are close to an end to Guantanamo.
UPDATE: There was going to be a meeting.
Labels: Dick Cheney, George W. Bush, Guantanamo
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