GITMO is just ok AG Holder is running into roadblocks on his way to close GITMO

WASHINGTON, DC—Attorney General Eric Holder is having a difficult time in closing the Guantanamo Bay Detention facility in Cuba. Congress has not yet appropriated the money necessary to relocate and house the enemy combatants currently held at GITMO.

But AG Holder is not only facing budgetary problems now and arguably into the future, he’ll also be facing legal opposition—and not just from elected officials. President Obama’s dedication to closing GITMO isn't exactly shared by its resident terrorists—that’s right, GITMO detainees wanting to stay in Guantanamo Bay.

Why, you may ask?

At GITMO, the detainees are given access to religious materials, allowed to exercise, all of the things allowed under the Geneva Convention. But if transferred to a supermax prison in the United States, the detainees would be subject to supermax rules and that means lock-down for twenty-three hours a day.

In a January Newsweek blog, an attorney representing some of the captured enemy combatants says they’ll sue to keep from being transferred to a supermax facility.  

And this is just another example of the folly of making a circular political campaign promise square with reality; there never has been a real reason to transfer the detainees and NIMBYs of all stripes certainly don’t want them in their back yards. It would be the ultimate knee-slapper to see Mr. Obama’s administration to go toe-to-toe with the likes of the ACLU.

-- Killswitch Politick

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With friends like these in Kabul, who needs enemies? Karzai is showing the international community his true colors

Kabul, Afghanistan—Hamid Karzai’s comments that he’ll join the Taliban were clearly designed to garner attention, any attention, and to distract from the sham elections his country just held. No one is really buying the I’ll just take my toys home temper-tantrum the Afghani president is spewing but it does point the elephant in Kabul—an administration that is double-dealing and playing both ends against the middle.

Afghanistan’s leaders are the most corrupt among the world over and attempts to even remotely disguise it are being cast aside. Figuring he’s got nothing to lose, Karzai doesn’t have many friends at this point, so why not go for broke?

The Afghan invasion was to root-out the Taliban and wayward Al Qaeda members but has since turned into a conflict without a clear goal and practically no exit strategy. This is not the fault of the US military or any of its allies; it is the dubious product of a citizenry and corrupt government that has no interest in a peaceful future.

President Obama, Congress, and military commanders have a challenge perhaps two-fold more difficult then those that were faced in 1974; we wish them all the best and hope for a victorious resolution.

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