via Rep. John Murtha: Gone-tanamo Bay: the Right Decision.
Rep. John Murtha
Posted January 22, 2009 | 12:39 PM (EST)
President Obama took the first key step in restoring America’s image and credibility in the world by issuing an Executive Order to close the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay and to prohibit the use of torture by U.S. personnel.
I applaud his judgment and I wholeheartedly support this decision.
The Bush administration never understood what the Guantanamo detention facility symbolized to the rest of the world. They saw it as simply a prison, and just weeks ago, Dick Cheney commented that he thought “Guantanamo has been very well run.” The problem with Guantanamo was never about its bricks and mortar. The problem with Guantanamo is that its very existence stains and defies the moral fiber of our great nation.
President Obama closes Guantanamo Bay Military Prison
Exactly. It may be the most efficient and tightest ran Navy base in the world, but it has become a symbol to the rest of the world of everything that we do not want to be, but were under Bush.
Closing Gitmo will show the world that BHO is the type of leader that understands our position and for what the American flag stands.
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