Gitmo: Obama Only "Thought" You Wanted It Closed

Obama misinterpreted what Congress wanted as far as closing Gitmo. This one isn't hard to figure out. Obama never spent any time in Congress before running for President. He packed his town-halls with leftists and other supporters, excluding opposing points of view. And his main constituency was the main stream media and Leftist blogs.

Is it any wonder he didn't have a clue what Congress actually wanted? And the sad fact is, the American people are just bystanders here. Their opposition is characterized as a Nimby problem. That might be true to some extent, but maybe some of it comes from the people not being all that bothered by Gitmo in the first place.

Obama and Leftist Dems created the issue, the media agreed - but no one ever bothered to ask America. Sound familiar? That may be the theme we're seeing run throughout this fast failing presidency.

But most of all Obama’s aides mistook that political consensus from the campaign trail for a deep commitment in Washington to do whatever it takes to close the prison.

“The administration came in reading there to be wide support for closing Guantanamo at home and abroad, and I think it misread that attitude,” said Matthew Waxman, a Columbia law professor who held Defense and State Department positions on detainee policy. “In general, they were right….but there was very little willingness to accept the costs and risks of getting it done.”

Comments

[syn]

What's Frankenfurters line in Rocky Horror Picture Show "Whatever happened to Proud Liberal"? THE Proud Liberal who insisted Obama will keep his word on closing Gitmo.

[Neo]

There are not "proud liberals" .. pragmatism reigns.

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[Mad Monica]

"... but there was very little willingness to accept the costs and risks of getting it done."

Wow. That whole line sums up the liberal agenda for all time. The libs NEVER want to accept the costs and risks of anything. They'd rather the American people take care of those nasty little details.

[MarkJ]

Variation on an old Soviet joke:

"The American people have finally made a deal with Obama. He'll pretend to work and the public will pretend to pay him."

[xerocky]

During his campaign he never said HOW he'd close gitmo. And because everyone was caught up in all of the hysteria, it seems that simply wanting it closed was good enough. So now that he can't, and he doesn't have the support to even do it, it shouldn't come as much of a shock.

Next time, do a little research and stop spotlighting the fainting college girls. Go for the worldly, credible, "I have experience and I know what I'm doing" angle.