YES! He can close it via executive order whenever he wants.
50%
NO! Other countries need to be willing to take the detainees.
50%
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Thom's Blog Is On the Move
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Thom's blog in this space and moving to a new home.
Please follow us across to hartmannreport.com - this will be the only place going forward to read Thom's blog posts and articles.
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From Unequal Protection, 2nd Edition:
"Beneath the success and rise of American enterprise is an untold history that is antithetical to every value Americans hold dear. This is a seminal work, a godsend really, a clear message to every citizen about the need to reform our country, laws, and companies."
From Cracking the Code:
"In Cracking the Code, Thom Hartmann, America’s most popular, informed, and articulate progressive talk show host and political analyst, tells us what makes humans vulnerable to unscrupulous propagandists and what we can do about it. It is essential reading for all Americans who are fed up with right-wing extremists manipulating our minds and politics to promote agendas contrary to our core values and interests."
From Screwed:
"The powers that be are running roughshod over the powers that OUGHT to be. Hartmann tells us what went wrong — and what you and I can do to help set American right again."
Obama is partially wrong for not closing Gitmo. First, it was one of his campaign promises, but like teenage boys on Prom night, one can hardly expect them to keep their promises no matter how many times we're tolf that he'll stillrespect us the next morning. Of course, "Dubya" could have and should have closed Gitmo too but didn't.
We did learn, however, there were more than ample countries willing to take prisioners for "enhanced" questioning purposes. In fact, I would imagine that some of those countries could have taught us a few "enhanced" techniques that we hadn't thought up yet. Of course, Cuba has been demanding for decades that we get off their island. Each year we send Havana rent and they send it right back with a request that we please leave their island. We need to prosecute or release and give Gitmo back to the Cubans.