Senator Graham on Closing Guantanamo Bay

[nas979]

Piss off.

I want to see you sitting in their place and hear what you would say you then.

[zamopak]

we muslims would never treat prisoners like this and we would look after them the british and american army are cowards and have no morals and never will

[lunafringe10]

closing Guantanamo is only a sham, the prisoners will be transferred to other prisons, guilty or not, course, they want revenge once they re out, that is why they dont let them loose

[spartanofdelphi]

Senator Graham is DEAD ON! Go Lindsay, stick it to these idiots!

[beckpod1]

I wish Mr. Graham is as smart as he thinks he is...unfortunately he has party vision!

As for religion...these are their people(GOP),they believe what they are told...and will fight and kill for it...no not the arabs...the christians!

I believe the bible is up there with mother goose....and and tales of the vampire!

AS for prisons...the worst ones never get to socialize...Most of the detainees can't speak english anyway!

[YObamaSucks]

Hey, heres an Idea.. How about we shut down Guantanamo and spread out all of those prisoners in our prisons all over the states. Then they can convert our men to Islam and when they get out, they can kill us ..

[thundakat29]

I'm an Obama supporter, but I admit this Senator sounds reasonable in the statement. There needs to be a plan.

[radjabov44]

there are roughly 260 prisoners. Most are not convicted, most are NOT guilty. We would have charged and convicted them already if they were. Are federal supermax prison system can hold them.

[codnchips]

What is the senator's problem? Even if Quantanamo is closed, there's still Baghram beyond the reach of the law, a hell-hole where people are still held indefinitely without habeas corpus rights.

What about the principle that you are presumed innocent until proven guilty?

The US is sleepwalking into a police state and betraying its founding principles while Obama, ex-professor of constitutional law, is letting it happen.

[nurser11]

gramnesty....couldn't change batteries in a flashlight.....sad that idiots are trotted up as authorities on ANYTHING

[redhead761]

Graham's party CREATED the black eye known as "Gitmo". It is a symbol to the whole world of the LOWEST POINT that we've sunk to in the history of the USA. It has to be closed to show that it's not available to be used as a torture chamber again.

[marktremontirules1]

did u know obama STILL has not produced ORIGINALS of his birth certificate? he was NOT born in american. obama is not an american. he should be impeached. only natural born citizens can be president.

[imaginepeace63]

Hawaii has produced his birth certificate already. Drop that dead horse already.

[swampfoxx81]

I am ashamed that Lindsay Graham is my senator.

[nurser11]

here, here!!!!

[zidmt]

65% of people polled are opposed to closing GTMO?? Where was that poll taken? South Carloina? Nuff Said.

[ecwaufisxtreme]

Lindsay Graham is Sarah Palin's DICKLESS and BALLESS BITCH and PUSSY! Palin is a SUPERIOR politician and statesman than Graham could ever be. She is also MORE MAN than he is for Lindsay wears the skirt in his family while his wife wears the pants!

[Smartassawhip]

Graham is a douche bag. I have all the faith in the world in our maximum security prisons right here in the USA and I have no problem with them housing these detainees. Montana has offered to take them. The republican party is the only things standing in the way of this much needed progress. I bet the poll was taken by Fox News if there even was a poll because I don't know one person who is scared of the detainees being held in prisons here. They have been for years anyway.

[BrittneyBabii]

so your saying you would want possible terrorists here in America instead of locked away somewhere off the shores of Cuba?and how are republicans getting in the way?don't you have a democrat in the white house?last time i checked half the seats where taken by democrats.

[Smartassawhip]

What I am saying is that I have no problem with the detainees being transferred to maximum security prisons in the US as I have faith in all of the men and women who run these prisons and they have kept us safe thus far. Are you seriously afraid of them being here? If so you better hide because they have actually been holding them here since 2003. Ali al-marri has been in SC since then. Reps are the ones who started the whole be afraid thing. I still believe it will be closed eventually.

[SkyDaddy7]

Sorry to inform you that there are 4 times the convicted terrorist in our Prison system on American soil than there are in GITMO...Everyone from the first WTC Bombers to Terry Nichols. Around a 1000 people in the Super Max System in America who have been convicted of terrorism!

It is time America grew up and acted like the super power we are and quit acting like scared children!!!

[digamejh]

"Gitmo as we call it here?"

Honestly??

I'd expect something like that from Fox News, but not you guys, CSPAN.

[gamecock86]

Lets invite the detainees to Hyde Park in Chicago- Obama's neighborhood. Maybe they'll take them since Chicago has a big Muslim community.

[2bwithout]

Very specific words and very vague words. Obama has ORDERED the PRISON at Guantanamo Bay closed by EARLY next year.

Well, Graham would seem to be correct about Obama not having a plan. But...

Would it be so terrible if there were no military presence in Guantanamo Bay at all?

[SkyDaddy7]

Not having a plan is simply an excuse both sides used in order to pass the buck!

The plan is simple...put the 250 or so terrorist in the Super Max System with the other 1000 or so terrorist that are already in our prison system.

[Francebrasil]

Disgusting anti American bigoted jerk...

[Dedhedted71]

I'm currently registered Republican & I can't stand this guy. I am sick & tired of everyone from Lyndsay Graham to the entire main stream media dividing this country. Lets all just reject these dividers & embrace the uniters & stop this partisan bullshit!

[Yamahg]

You got it so right...

[SkyDaddy7]

Excellent Point...It is sad that at a time when Americans are suppose to come together there are forces out there who want to capitalize on dividing this nation. All the talk secession and revolution is simply absurd!

[SkyDaddy7]

Republicans will stand in the way of everything Obama does!

Put these people in SuperMax Prisons and be done with it!!!

There is your plan and that is what will happen!!

[3star2nr]

Put them in Supermax and prosecute them AND CHENEY

[Smartassawhip]

Awesome comment SkyDaddy7! I agree with you 100% All this feet dragging bullshit is senseless. I am not afraid of the detainees being held in our prisons and honestly I have not met anyone in the real world who is.

[SkyDaddy7]

The crazy FACT is there are already nearly a 1000 convicted terrorist in our Super Max Prisons...This fear mongering the Republicans are doing is the same crap they have done for decades!

They have nothing but fear, hate and religion...No ideas or ways of bringing people together.

[Smartassawhip]

I know and the ones who are being held are not all US citizens either. Ali al-marri for example has been held in SC since 03. They don't have any ideas because they are only interested in their own agenda and not the greater good of the country. The only thing that scares me even a little bit is the fact that some people are actually falling for this crap.

[kcwlf29]

So Democrats dont have religion? Odd. I know many Democrats who were also religious. Hate? Most of the ones I see hating are the anti religious establishment against Christians. Could it be you just hate religious folk no matter what party affiliation they are?

[SkyDaddy7]

I never said Dems do not have religion. However, religion is not the driving force behind the party as it is for the GOP. I do not "hate" religion, I know it is important to people. What aggrivates me is those who feel "we the people" must conform to Christianity. They want to undermine science, public schools, women's privacy, and run a foreign policy based on Christianity...That is what I dislike!

America is a secular country and it must remain a secular country.

[kcwlf29]

So it's ok with you for other groups to push their agenda such as the G&L on our Kids, but not Christians. Pretty messed up when you can take a book to school about Sally and her 2 mommies, but dont you dare take anything religious!

[SkyDaddy7]

Well, Sally and her Two Mommies is REAL...Religions are myths and there are thousands of them. How do you know you are promoting the correct myth to your kids?

What does your religious text say about people who are born "Inter-Sexed", born with full or partial sets of both male & female sex organs? Is this a choice?

The more you learn about Biology and Science the less confused you will be about the world in which you live. The less "Sally with Two Mommies" will bother you...Its LIFE!

[kcwlf29]

Are myths? By whose call your own? What makes it such a myth? Well I say being born gay is also a myth. Its a choice. Not a way of life. BTW, I know quite a bit about science and it has proven in many ways that a God does exist.

[SkyDaddy7]

I see you refuse to talk about Inter-sexed baies...Do babies choose to male, or female...NO! Do babies choose to be born part male part female...NO! Nor do babies choose to be GLTB.

What "science" is it that has proven a god exist? The science I know can't answer such a question"yet" and will openly admit it.

I love to learn I am not afraid to throw out an idea I thought to be true if I learn it is not...PLEASE point me to the scientific studies that proves a god(s), goddess, demi-god, etc.

[Airportchris2]

He is a republican of course he is against the closing of Gitmo, in my opinion anyway.

[sixletter]

Hello, is anyone in there?; as Biff raps his knuckles on Airportchris2s head.

Gitmo was supposed to be a temporary site.

Did you listen to what he said? Graham said Gitmo should be closed.

The problem is Obama didnt think through where to put the detainees after it was closed.

Obama's problem is that he still sounds like he is 'campaigning.'

I say give them to Egypt or Israel.

Where do you want them to go?

[Airportchris2]

I agree, Gitmo is a waste of US dollars, it makes us look like we capture and torture people, and it's not even our own country.