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AnotherMcIntosh

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5. That's what he says. Of course, he doesn't need funding to just open the gates or the docks and

Reply to lumpy (Reply #2)

Sat May 25, 2013, 12:31 AM

May 2013

other countries (or the UN) to come and take them away.

He's the commander in chief. He could order those who are force-feeding the prisoners to stop it and just let them go.

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with Obama promising to close Gitmo over and over again ...it is unfathomable [View all] Laura PourMeADrink May 2013 OP

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you know what he hasn't tried? reverse psychology. announce he wants to keep it open Laura PourMeADrink May 2013 #3

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He cannot get funding to close Gitmo. lumpy May 2013 #2

That's what he says. Of course, he doesn't need funding to just open the gates or the docks and AnotherMcIntosh May 2013 #5

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