Gitmo To Chicago
December 15, 2009 / 1:12 pm • By Dr. Melissa ClouthierFor your consideration:
Alexander Statement on Proposal to Relocate Gitmo Detainees to American Soil
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.), chairman of the Senate Republican Conference, today issued the following statement on the administration’s proposal to move detainees from Guantanamo Bay to the United States:
“Congress made it very clear to the administration that bringing dangerous terrorists onto American soil is not only the wrong thing to do, but goes against the wishes of the American people. I have yet to hear one good reason why moving these terrorists from off our shores right into the heart of our country makes us safer.”
Safer isn’t the point. Political appeasement is the point.
UPDATED:
Mike Pence’s thoughts:
“By moving known terrorists to American soil, the Obama Administration is putting international public relations ahead of public safety. How does closing Guantanamo Bay make us safer? How does moving over seventy known terrorists, to a facility in my beloved heartland of this country, make our families more safe? And how does it even make sense? Mr. President: rescind this order; reconsider your decision, put the safety and security of the American people ahead of international public opinion.” –Mike Pence
One Response to “Gitmo To Chicago”
December 16 2009 / 3:03 pm
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It doesn’t immediately make us safer. It makes us no less safe.
It brings us closer to the Constitution of the United States as interpreted by the Supreme Court of the United States and Sen. Alexander can blow it out his ass for ignoring the law and playing up opinion polls.