{"id":77447,"date":"2018-01-31T08:53:12","date_gmt":"2018-01-31T13:53:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=77447"},"modified":"2018-01-31T08:53:12","modified_gmt":"2018-01-31T13:53:12","slug":"trump-guantanamo-remains-open-for-business","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=77447","title":{"rendered":"Trump; Guantanamo remains open for business"},"content":{"rendered":"

According to the Washington Post<\/a>, President Trump signed an Executive Order<\/a> yesterday mandating that the detainee facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba remain open. According to the EO;<\/p>\n

The detention operations at the U.S. Naval Station Guant\u00e1namo Bay are legal, safe, humane, and conducted consistent with United States and international law…Given that some of the current detainee population represent the most difficult and dangerous cases from among those historically detained at the facility, there is significant reason for concern regarding their reengagement in hostilities should they have the opportunity.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The EO says that, not only will the 40 detainees will remain there, but that he might send some others there;<\/p>\n

(b) Detention operations at U.S. Naval Station Guant\u00e1namo Bay shall continue to be conducted consistent with all applicable United States and international law, including the Detainee Treatment Act of 2005.<\/p>\n

(c) In addition, the United States may transport additional detainees to U.S. Naval Station Guant\u00e1namo Bay when lawful and necessary to protect the Nation.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Needless to say, the Washington Post doesn’t like the idea;<\/p>\n

Trump’s order breaks with not only Obama’s policy but the intentions of his Republican predecessor, who opened the prison in the aftermath of the 9\/11 attacks.<\/p>\n

By the end of his presidency, President George W. Bush concluded that Guantanamo was doing more harm than good, said John Bellinger, legal adviser to the National Security Council and the State Department in the Bush administration, although in the end, he decided keep it open.<\/p>\n

“President Trump is throwing more political bones to his base rather than making a determination based on what is best for U.S. national security,” Bellinger said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Yeah, well, take it up with the Obama Administration, Bezos. Obama, who promised to close the facility by the end of 2009 on his first day in office, couldn’t find a reasonable substitution. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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