Comments on: Great day on Penn Avenue, bad day at Guantanamo http://johnredwoodsdiary.com/2009/01/21/great-day-on-penn-avenue-bad-day-at-guantanamo/ Incisive and topical campaigns and commentary on today's issues and tomorrow's problems Thu, 24 May 2012 13:47:51 +0000 hourly 1 By: coffee http://johnredwoodsdiary.com/2009/01/21/great-day-on-penn-avenue-bad-day-at-guantanamo/#comment-10240 coffee Mon, 26 Jan 2009 01:03:52 +0000 http://www.johnredwoodsdiary.com/?p=2677#comment-10240 Looks to me like Barack is off to a great start, on track to keep his word and restore some international credibility for the US Looks to me like Barack is off to a great start, on track to keep his word and restore some international credibility for the US

]]> By: Demo » Blog Archive » Can Obama really deliver on his Guantánamo pledge? http://johnredwoodsdiary.com/2009/01/21/great-day-on-penn-avenue-bad-day-at-guantanamo/#comment-10239 Demo » Blog Archive » Can Obama really deliver on his Guantánamo pledge? Thu, 22 Jan 2009 11:40:53 +0000 http://www.johnredwoodsdiary.com/?p=2677#comment-10239 [...] I felt let down not by the words, nor by the event, but by the actions. If he is serious about closing Guantánamo, why doesn’t he just announce a date or process for closure? Guantánamo became a [...] [...] I felt let down not by the words, nor by the event, but by the actions. If he is serious about closing Guantánamo, why doesn’t he just announce a date or process for closure? Guantánamo became a [...]

]]> By: Von Spreuth http://johnredwoodsdiary.com/2009/01/21/great-day-on-penn-avenue-bad-day-at-guantanamo/#comment-10238 Von Spreuth Thu, 22 Jan 2009 10:27:36 +0000 http://www.johnredwoodsdiary.com/?p=2677#comment-10238 Those in Guantanamo SHOULD be tried. Under the civvy system. Because if they are guilty we need to know, and if not without a trial they can not be compensated for having lost "X" amount of years of their lives. Von Brandenburg-Preußen Those in Guantanamo SHOULD be tried. Under the civvy system. Because if they are guilty we need to know, and if not without a trial they can not be compensated for having lost “X” amount of years of their lives.

Von Brandenburg-Preußen

]]> By: Ed Crawford http://johnredwoodsdiary.com/2009/01/21/great-day-on-penn-avenue-bad-day-at-guantanamo/#comment-10237 Ed Crawford Thu, 22 Jan 2009 06:22:11 +0000 http://www.johnredwoodsdiary.com/?p=2677#comment-10237 here you go john. he's set a date to close it. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/obama_inauguration/7843864.stm i'm suprised that you are so quick to criticise, on this issue, someone who actually managed to vote against the iraq war. here you go john. he’s set a date to close it.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/obama_inauguration/7843864.stm

i’m suprised that you are so quick to criticise, on this issue, someone who actually managed to vote against the iraq war.

]]> By: Can Obama really deliver on his Guantánamo pledge? | Latest News World News Today http://johnredwoodsdiary.com/2009/01/21/great-day-on-penn-avenue-bad-day-at-guantanamo/#comment-10236 Can Obama really deliver on his Guantánamo pledge? | Latest News World News Today Wed, 21 Jan 2009 22:38:31 +0000 http://www.johnredwoodsdiary.com/?p=2677#comment-10236 [...] I felt let down not by the words, nor by the event, but by the actions. If he is serious about closing Guantánamo, why doesn’t he just announce a date or process for closure? Guantánamo became a symbol of a [...] [...] I felt let down not by the words, nor by the event, but by the actions. If he is serious about closing Guantánamo, why doesn’t he just announce a date or process for closure? Guantánamo became a symbol of a [...]

]]> By: John Redwood http://johnredwoodsdiary.com/2009/01/21/great-day-on-penn-avenue-bad-day-at-guantanamo/#comment-10235 John Redwood Wed, 21 Jan 2009 18:30:25 +0000 http://www.johnredwoodsdiary.com/?p=2677#comment-10235 If it is too difficult moving to civilian trials then the President should let the military trials go ahead. These men deserve their day in court, so they can be punished if they are terrorists and let out if not. Can't you see the importance of this in a democratic society? If it is too difficult moving to civilian trials then the President should let the military trials go ahead. These men deserve their day in court, so they can be punished if they are terrorists and let out if not. Can’t you see the importance of this in a democratic society?

]]> By: John Redwood http://johnredwoodsdiary.com/2009/01/21/great-day-on-penn-avenue-bad-day-at-guantanamo/#comment-10234 John Redwood Wed, 21 Jan 2009 18:28:42 +0000 http://www.johnredwoodsdiary.com/?p=2677#comment-10234 Between them they stumbled. My post says I do not regard this as a problem! Between them they stumbled. My post says I do not regard this as a problem!

]]> By: Matt http://johnredwoodsdiary.com/2009/01/21/great-day-on-penn-avenue-bad-day-at-guantanamo/#comment-10233 Matt Wed, 21 Jan 2009 18:05:41 +0000 http://www.johnredwoodsdiary.com/?p=2677#comment-10233 I too would have appreciated it, if Mr Obama's remarks on the war of independence were tempered by a thank you to UK for standing by as a steadfast friend of the USA during its “War on terror”. It would have been a marvellous platform, given the vast US and worldwide audience, to give thanks to our servicemen and women who have given their lives in these conflicts and who continue to serve. If successive US administrations had stood by the UK to the same degree, maybe our problems in Northern Ireland would have been alleviated sooner. I too would have appreciated it, if Mr Obama’s remarks on the war of independence were tempered by a thank you to UK for standing by as a steadfast friend of the USA during its “War on terror”.

It would have been a marvellous platform, given the vast US and worldwide audience, to give thanks to our servicemen and women who have given their lives in these conflicts and who continue to serve.

If successive US administrations had stood by the UK to the same degree, maybe our problems in Northern Ireland would have been alleviated sooner.

]]> By: mikestallard http://johnredwoodsdiary.com/2009/01/21/great-day-on-penn-avenue-bad-day-at-guantanamo/#comment-10232 mikestallard Wed, 21 Jan 2009 17:27:24 +0000 http://www.johnredwoodsdiary.com/?p=2677#comment-10232 It felt like a party to which I was not invited: I couldn't watch, I am afraid. It felt like a party to which I was not invited: I couldn’t watch, I am afraid.

]]> By: mikestallard http://johnredwoodsdiary.com/2009/01/21/great-day-on-penn-avenue-bad-day-at-guantanamo/#comment-10231 mikestallard Wed, 21 Jan 2009 17:26:16 +0000 http://www.johnredwoodsdiary.com/?p=2677#comment-10231 I totally agree, however, the corruption of this excellent intellectual product of the Chicago political machine will be very sad to watch - indeed, hasn't it already started in Chicago with the Governor? I totally agree, however, the corruption of this excellent intellectual product of the Chicago political machine will be very sad to watch – indeed, hasn’t it already started in Chicago with the Governor?

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