Since the appropriations process is closed this year, it will be wonderful to have democraps on record next year approving hundreds of millions of dollars to ship GITMO enemy combatants to the heartland of America in a dangerous and totally unnecessary move.
As for the terrorists, while it may be wonderful in principle that they will no longer be basking in vacation weather climes of Cuba and will instead have the wondrous weather of northwest Illinois; the fact is the moment each of these terrorists arrives on terra firma USA, their lawyers will file Habeus Corpus petitions to release each one of them. Their lawyers can’t do that now because these terrorists aren’t on USA soil but technically in Cuba over which the federal courts have extremely limited jurisdiction. However once these terrorists (or alleged terrorists for you puking liberals) arrive on US soil, all the constitutional protections will attach to them as our constitutional scholar in chief damn well knows, and as his putrid Attorney General should also know, since he spent the past nine years trying to spring all those Gitmo terrorists.
There are three dozen judges who will hear all of these cases in Illinois, and it is by no means assured that despite a law barring terrorists from being set on USA soil, the fact that Obama will have done so, will give fortification to the liberal judges to say, that since Obama has already brought them here, there is no bar to further releasing these ‘wrongfully detained’ people to USA proper, given we can not ship them back to their home countries where they would be ‘persecuted’ or ‘tortured’, blah blah blah.
So thanks Obama. You know you wanted only to be a one termer so that you could inflict as much damage on the country in as short a time as possible. You will have made it nearly impossible for another African American to become President in our lifetime because of your ideological anti american policies.

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That he has said “close Gitmo”, not “close the prison at Gitmo” has been obviousfrom day one.

But speaking of “inhumane”—-People who lived in hot, dry climes, have been living in the tropics, moved to Illinois — winter or summer — talk about inhumane!

I tried to comment at American Thinker, but I guess I’m not Arab enough–it wont let me comment.

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“Closing Gitmo” does not mean only closing the prison/jail. It is clear that Bo intends to return the entire US Gitmo airbase to the Castro brothers, ending the 99-year lease treaty.
This will be the true leftist dream!!

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Another terror of this move is that sympathizers will be drawn to the community in order to visit with the detainees. That is the kind of element that is desired to move in, out and reside in the area? As in other prisons, will packages and mail be allowed? Will attorneys move freely in and out of the prison? Any chance they will be smuggling contraband?
While I’m asking so many questions, please tell me the origin of “Flopping Aces”. Thanks…

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‘Gitmo by the lake’

Rick Moran

http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2009/12/gitmo_by_the_lake.html

This is a pretty fair evaluation on the subject.

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[...] This post was mentioned on Twitter by FloppingAces, Obama Scare. Obama Scare said: Transferring Detainees from Gitmo South, Cuba, to Gitmo North, USA http://j.mp/6C5mVU #tcot #Islam #terrorism [...]

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It’s illegal to transfer the detainees to our shores unless it’s for trial. Obama intends to get Congress to tweak the law soon because they are saying they will have Thompson refurbished within 6 months.

It’s obvious that they intend to move this right along, we will have terrorists in Illinois next summer if Congress cooperates and the Obama/Durban/ILLDem contractors keep on schedule. That’s why we know the work has already been handed out and this has been in the works longer than anyone knows.

It takes time to put cost estimates together just to put in a bid, each contractor has to make arrangements and contract with sub-contractors, make arrangements for materials, estimate the cost of wages, materials and equipment, then I think the bids sit a month while they, the feds decide who wins the bid. Illinois hasn’t even sold the site to the U.S. government yet. No way Thompson is ready in 6 months without some funny business going on. Where’s Fitzmas when you need him?

Another thought, I wonder if they will try to run this through the contractor that has the military contract because the detainees are part of the war, don’t know if that works in the states. If so, then I also wonder if Haliburton got that contract this time, wouldn’t the left just love that?

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More importantly, I think (I’m not an international lawyer either)–Illinois is on US territory, Gitmo is on foreign soil.

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@Missy:

“If Kennedy’s can stop a wind farm because they don’t want to mess up their scenery, why do we have to have terrorists dwelling in our community without being fully informed as to the danger they represent…..”

BECAUSE WE SAID SO, THAT’S WHY. NOW SHUT UP AND PAY UP.

Have a nice day

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Dick Durban say’s this will create 3000 jobs in Illinois.

100 prisoners divided into 3000 jobs works out to 30 employees per prisoner.

Wow!

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