Sunday, February 01, 2009
Amazingly, President Bush said he wanted to close it. Now President Obama has signed an executive order to close it.
Both are wrong. We should keep the detention center at Guantanamo Bay open.
I have been to Gitmo to visit with the U.S. Marines running what is an essential institution for the security of a free world.
The Marines with whom I spoke told me they would never turn their backs on any of the dangerous terrorpunks held there.
Job No. 1 of the president is to keep the United States safe.
These religious psychos, barbarians, killers and terrorists held at Gitmo need to be kept in cages far away from America.
These vermin would cut your head off in a heartbeat if given the opportunity. Know this.
More than 500 enemy combatants brought to Gitmo have already been released, though some have already been found back on the battlefields in Iraq, killing Americans. Thank you very much, ACLU.
The only ones who remain are proven vicious terrorist scum — the worst of the worst. Some of the remaining vermin include the subhuman debris who planned the Sept. 11 attacks and who want to die so they can become martyrs.
Only a fool would dare think about compromising the lockdown on these animals.
President Obama and Attorney General Eric Holder want to replace the military commissions trying the remaining terrorpunks with a process that provides them more due process.
That’s ironic considering that while Holder was the No. 2 guy at the Justice Department during the Clinton administration he supported and lobbied in 1999 for the commutation of the sentences for 16 members of the FALN and another terrorist organization who had been convicted of bank robbery, possession of explosives and other crimes.
Twisted logic
This ultimately helped secure the Puerto Rican vote for Mrs. Clinton’s forthcoming Senate campaign. With this kind of logic, do not be surprised if Holder lobbies for parole for Charlie Manson.
In the Jan. 16 edition of the Wall Street Journal, outgoing CIA director Michael Hayden warned that making the CIA adhere to the Army Field Manual’s interrogation techniques would limit the number of interrogation practices it could use.
He further stated that half the critical intelligence gained on al-Qaida in 2006 came from fewer than 100 terrormaggots the CIA was holding.
If waterboarding these vermin will help keep Americans safe, I’m all for it.
In an interview with CNN’s Larry King before he left office, President Bush stated there are very evil people in the world who want to bring harm to America. Let us hope President Obama was watching and took careful notes.
He needs to listen to CIA officers instead of the lightweight he chose to run the agency, Leon Panetta.
Let us hope President Obama gets a full briefing on the killers at Gitmo and determines that Gitmo is, after all, the best place for them. Let us hope he continues with the lawful wiretapping program launched by President Bush to identify potential terrorpunks.
We should also not cave into international and domestic hippy pressure to close Gitmo. Keep it open for business and put up a big sign at the entrance: “Welcome to Hell.”
Ted Nugent is a Waco-based musician and television show host. Contact him directly at tednugent.com.
